Image: ELIZABETH AND GERSHOM FRAZEE HOUSE, UNION COUNTY, NJ

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Description: SCOTCH PLAINS; 1758 WITH THE KITCHEN WING IN 1727. THE FIGURE ON THE PORCH REFERS TO ELIZABETH GERSHON WHO BAKED BREAD FOR SOME OF THE CONTINENTAL TROOPS. HOWEVER WHEN CORNWALLIS CAME THROUGH WITH 12,000 BRITISH TROOPS HE SMELLED THE BREAD AND ASKED HER TO BAKE FOR HIM SHE REPLIED “I GIVE THIS BREAD NOT IN LOVE BUT IN FEAR”. CORNWALLIS DECLINED THE BREAD This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 09000971 More images
Title: ELIZABETH AND GERSHOM FRAZEE HOUSE, UNION COUNTY, NJ
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Author: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Union County, New Jersey

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