2 Diaries 1882 & 1886 Willian R Shultze in Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey

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William R Schultze posdibly farmer. Writes of loading cloth and paying hands. Brother of General John S Shultze Civil War, stood on platform with Lincoln during Gettysburg Address.

Lived in Manchester New Jersey

Writes of seeing Great Comet of 1882, Lincoln Assasination and execution of Garfields assasin

Writes of Freehold, Tom's River, Morristown, New Egypt, Camden, visiting Seaside Park and Bordentown

Was a Knights Templar and Free Mason

Writes of many neighbors and funerals

Doctors regarding his children's illnesses, 3 had died of scarlet fever


Was on Board of Directors Newburgh Dutchess Connecticut Rail Line brother John was President

Buried with wife, children, John and his wife in Riverside Cemetary Toms River.

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General John S. Schultze served during the Civil War. He was on the platform with President Lincoln when he delivered the Gettysburg Address. General Schultze became a State Senator from Ocean County in the 1870'