Morristown, NJ - New Jersey Postal History Society

THE MORRISTOWN POST OFFICE ~ Donald A. Chafetz
Important Buildings:
• No 3: Washington Headquarters
• No 5: Frederick King House
[Map source: Ref. 7]
• No 14: Opposite of US Hotel
• No 16: Arnold Tavern ~ site of Benedict
Arnold Court Martial
King’s full-time occupation was making riding saddles for Morristown’s wealthy citizens
in a factory on the site of the old, but still standing Washington Hotel. He operated the
post office as a sideline at his residence.
‘Mr. King’s house in Morristown’ was designated by Washington’s order as the scene of
a general court martial, which sat there for a succession of trials from Jan. 30 to March
13, 1780. It is singular that the only two houses of citizens mentioned by name in
Washington’s general orders, so far as known, were that of Frederick King and ....
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