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Formally organized in 1741, through services had been held as early as 1720. The old church was built in 1767. School here came to be called "Pittsgrove College", because of number of students prepared for college by the ministers.
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Founded in 1741, first Presbyterian Church in present Salem County. Its boarding school was important in the 1780's.
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The Cannon Il Lugano which was forged in Naples in 1763 weighs 800 Pounds. Il Lugano was used in battle against the Austrians. Napoleon who visited Italy once in 1796 and again in 1800 dragged the cannon over the Alps and Eventually back to France…