Liberty Hall in Union Township, New Jersey

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-04T20:24:36Z
dc.date.available2025-02-04T20:24:36Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-04
dc.descriptionThe house was built on a 120-acre property purchased by Livingston in 1760 in then-Elizabethtown, close to New York, New York where Livingston worked. The Livingston family moved into Liberty Hall full-time in 1773. The gardens and orchards first planted by Governor Livingston are still evident on the museum grounds today. Over the years many famous people have been guests at Liberty Hall including: Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Martha Washington, Lewis Morris, Marquis de Lafayette, Elias Boudinot, John Jay, and Presidents Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford and George Herbert Walker Bush.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/144289
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dc.subjectLiberty Hall
dc.subjectGovernor William Livingston House
dc.subjectKean University
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectU.S. National Historic Landmark
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectHistoric Homes
dc.subjectUnion Township
dc.subjectUnion County
dc.subjectCentral Jersey
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleLiberty Hall in Union Township, New Jersey

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