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Description: THE MOTTS WERE PROMINENT QUAKERS AND DEVELOPED THIS EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY INDUSTRIAL VILLAGE ON THE BANDS OF A ROCKAWAY RIVER TRIBUTARY. SEVERAL ENTERPRISES FLOURISHED HERE INCLUDING AN OIL MILL THAT GROUND FLAXSEED TO MAKE LINSEED USED TO MAKE PAINT. IT WAS ALSO A CARDING AND FULLING MILL AND A GRISTMILL. THE MOTT-DAVENPORT GRISTMILL FROM 1798 IS NOW A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND IS PICTURED HERE.
Title: MOTT HOLLOW, RANDOLPH TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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