Book excerpt: Excerpt from Class of 1879, Rutgers College: History to 1917 Clark and Reed. With the hopes of improving his health, he went south in 1889 and became Superintendent for two years of the works of the Quitman Lumber Co. In southwestern Georgia. Upon his return he formed a law partnership with H. K. Gaston in-some'rville, which partnership continued until his death at the early age of thirty-six years on August John Frelinghuysen was one of those men of whom it could be truthfully said that he had not an enemy. Com mandin'g presence, wins'ome' personality, firm' convictions of right and duty, and crowning all - a gentleman, =he won the confidence and love of his associates in the legal profession and held the esteem of the community Where he spent all his life. Although not a communicant member of the Reformed Church, he was a faithful attendant of its services, and lived the spirit of a Christian life, facing with cour age and cheer his long sickness, and in God's out door life found a strength and fellowship which never failed him. He succeeded his father 1n the Secretaryship of the Somerset Bible Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.