mattersmagazine.com 11 I In November 1864, the Civil War was raging. Major General William Tecumseh Sherman and a force of 62,000 men started the “March to the Sea” from Atlanta to Savannah. And Abraham Lincoln won a contentious campaign against his former general, Democrat George McClellan, gaining re-election as president of the United States. Far from all the turmoil, in the bucolic village of South Orange, a group of residents came together to bring an exciting new addition to their community. A New York tea merchant named William Beebe invited a group of friends – like himself, all “men of character, intelligence and standing in the community…and believers in the dissemination of knowledge” – to meet at his home to discuss Beebe’s plan to start a town library. (Some of Beebe’s friends left legacies in local street names that still exist today: Francis Le Baron Mayhew, Edwin H. Mead, Eugene H. Durand, and Joseph W. Taylor, to name a few.) ABSOLUTELY PURE extra strong TEAM WE SELL OUR HOMES FOR 3% MORE THAN THE AVERAGE AGENT AND IN LESS THAN HALF THE AVERAGE TIME.* Mark Slade Homes Team o 973.762.5400 | c 917.797.5059 Sladehomes@gmail.com | sladeblog.com www.goodhomesforgoodpeople.com each office independently owned and operated *as calculated using stats pulled from the GSMLS (973) 824-9500 www.brantleybros.com Around the Block. Around the World. Get Moving Right. We listen. We’re focused. We communicate. We are accountable. We love what we do. What more do you need in a mover? Commercial, residential, international, corporate. No job is too small, or too large. BRANTLEY OS. MOVING & STORAGE