Somerset County hosted an open house on June 6 at the Lord Stirling Manor Archaeological Site in Basking Ridge, NJ. The manor was the home of William Alexander, Lord Stirling, an American general during the Revolutionary War. From February to April 1777, the manor was also the headquarters of General Nathanael Greene. Today, the site
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In the winter of 1777, after the battle of Princeton, while the American army was encamped at Morristown, NJ, General Washington sent a division under General Nathanael Greene to Basking Ridge, about four miles to the south. A document called “A General Return of Waggons [sic] and Horses….,” relating to this time was received last year
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