MATAWAN - It happens once or twice a year. Curiosity seekers knock on the door of 12 Poet Drive near Matawan’s southern border, inquiring about the stately home’s original owner. That owner had a hand ...

THERE is still room for debate as to who was the first American bard. It is open to any one to hold a brief for Sandys or Wigglesworth or another; but with the first two volumes of Mr. Pattee’s noble ...

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MATAWAN - Like the other founding fathers of the United States, Philip Freneau was fond of words. Unlike them, this “poet of the American Revolution” hated pictures. Freneau did not sit for portraits.

The 324-year history of the Hawkins House in Matawan includes its use as a tavern and meeting place for early American patriots including the borough’s own “Poet of the American Revolution,” Philip ...

From a nation whose manners are rough and severe, From scoundrels and rascals,—do keep us all clear. From pirates sent out by command of the king To murder and plunder, but never to swing. Philip ...