Cultural & Heritage Commission


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every month a new
Story of New Jersey
unusual & little known facts
tales of people, places and events

UnCommon History – the Podcast as MP3 files

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It is the 1700s, meet Oliver Cromwell, a free African American, who fought with the Continental Army during the American Revolution and was honored by General George Washington; Go with us to the docks Jersey City for the building of America’s ironsides; Listen to the writings of teenage Rachel Van Dyke who lived in 18th century New Brunswick; Barnstorm with members of the Negro Baseball League - the best that ever played the game; Learn about the hardship of War through the words of Elizabeth Franklin, the wife of the last Royal Governor of the Colony of New Jersey;

Made possible by Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission and New Jersey Historical Commission/Division of Department of State

	John Neilson, Middlesex County resident in the 18th century, Revolutionary War officer
	Hear about the hardship of the Revolution through the eyes of Elizabeth Franklin the wife of the last Royal Governor of the Colony of New Jersey.
	Join us in late 1700s to uncover the life of Oliver Cromwell a free African American, who fought with the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
	Teenager Rachel Van Dyke lived a few doors down from the Indian Queen Tavern in New Brunswick. A recent excavation of the area revealed her diary. This podcast, in her own words, will bring the past to life through her vivid tale of the Brunswick flood of 1810.
	Discover what made Captain Nathaniel Fitzrandolph one of the most heroic Revolutionary War officers in Woodbridge Township
	Ever wonder how the beautiful Village of East Jersey Olde Towne in Piscataway came into being? Hear the story of its founding through the efforts of Dr. Joseph Kler and a group of community leaders and volunteers.
	What if you wanted to be a tavern owner in New Brunswick? Learn about the process and the multiple functions of a tavern in the 1700s and 1800s.
	Uncover the difference between the pharmacist of present day and the apothecary of the early 1800s while learning how an apothecary treated a patient during a cholera epidemic in New Brunswick.
	Listen to testimony that describes how a patent medicine cured a fatal disease in early 19th century Salem, New Jersey.
	How did young boys learn the ancient folk art of blacksmithing, which was essential to society in the 1700s and 1800s?
	Learn what school life was like for students at the Smalleytown Schoolhouse in the 1800s.

The Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission is funded in part by the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts
New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State

Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission 703 Jersey Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901-3605
(732) 745 4489 FAX (732) 745 4524 Email culturalandheritage@co.middlesex.nj.us TTY users only call (732) 745 3888