Events

The Historical Society of Haddonfield’s next virtual general membership meeting will feature a presentation on the eighteenth century Brotherton Lenape Reservation in Burlington County.

We hope you can join us via Zoom on Wednesday May 26 at 7 pm. Tony McNichol of the New Jersey Pinelands Commission will be presenting, “Removed from their Natural Ways: The First Indian Reservation at Brotherton, Burlington County.” Tony will be discussing the 1758 establishment (and subsequent dissolution) of the Brotherton Lenape Reservation, as well as the egregious Walking Purchase and other colonial dealings with the indigenous tribes of the Northeast.

The event is free, though online donations are always welcome. You can register for the free Zoom event on Eventbrite, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.

Please join us on May 26 to learn more about the history of the reservation and colonial interactions with the Lenni-Lenape and other indigenous tribes. Register here, and we will send out the Zoom information by the day of the event. Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call us at 856-429-7375.

The Historical Society of Haddonfield invites you to join us on April 21 at 7 pm for a virtual lecture, “Newton Union Burial Ground,” presented by Bob Shinn and Shawn Colborn.

Bob and Shawn will be discussing the history of the Newton Union Burial Ground in the West Collingswood section of Haddon Township, including its historical connections to Haddonfield. Now listed on the New Jersey Register of Historical Places, the burial ground was first laid out in 1682 and includes the graves of early Quaker settlers. James Sloan established a companion burial ground in 1790. Among other distinctions, the site includes more graves of veterans of the American Revolution than any other burial site in Southern New Jersey.

We hope you’ll join us on April 21 at 7 pm. The program will be shared via Zoom.

The event is free, though donations are always welcome. You can register for the free Zoom event by clicking here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.

We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday March 31 for our annual Candlelight Dinner and Virtual General Membership Meeting.

For the second year, the program itself will be virtual, with a presentation by Kristen Beales, PhD, on “Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh and the South Sea Bubble” from 7-8 pm.

(If you purchased your tickets by March 24, you also had an opportunity to order an optional take-home dinner from Valente’s Cucina in Haddonfield. Dinner orders are now closed.)

For the main program, starting after a brief membership meeting, Kristen will be discussing Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh’s involvement in one of the world’s first major international financial panics: the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Believe it or not, Elizabeth Estaugh and her husband John were embroiled in a decades-long scandal within the transatlantic Quaker community that followed the collapse of the South Sea Company. Elizabeth’s work to defend her husband after his death in 1742 illuminates the role that women and religion played in early modern finance. 

VIP ticket-holders will be invited to join a pre-event virtual cocktail conversation with Kristen from 6:30-7 pm. Don’t miss out!

You can order your tickets online or send us the order form in the March 2021 Bulletin newsletter, which will be arriving in mailboxes soon. You can also call the office or send us an email with any questions: [email protected] or 856-429-7375.

The program itself will be presented via Zoom. We will send out the link for the event the day before the program, along with brief instructions.

We look forward to seeing you on March 31st!

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The Historical Society of Haddonfield invites you to join us on Wednesday February 24 at 7 pm as we celebrate the work done by Haddonfield Memorial High School Advanced Placement U.S. history students this winter. The event will be held via Zoom.

Since 2014, the Historical Society has partnered with HMHS Social Studies teacher David Reader to support his students as they complete research projects about World War II using local primary source materials.

The students use selections from the Historical Society’s collection of World War II letters sent and received by then-principal William “Bull” Reynolds, as well as issues of the school newspaper and local newspapers.

At this virtual culminating event on February 24, students will share some of their research and discuss their experiences.

The event is free, though donations are always welcome. You can register for the Zoom event by clicking here, and we will send out the link and brief instructions by the day of the event.