Historic Morven Inc

MORVEN WAS BUILT C 1757 BY RICHARD AND ANNIS STOCKTON RICHARD WAS ONE OF NEW JERSEY S DELEGATES TO THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ANNIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED FEMALE POETS IN AMERICA THEIR SON, RICHARD, INHERITED THE HOUSE IN 1788 AND WAS ALTER ELECTED TO THE U S HOUSE AND SENATE THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE REPAIR OF THE MANSION S WHITEWASH EXTERIOR, REPLACE THE ELEVATOR, AND UPGRADE EXTERIOR LIGHTING ON THE PROPERTY THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED 186,000 IN NON FEDERAL MATCH

2019 HPF SAT - HISTORIC MORVEN

INCLUSIVE HISTORY GALLERY EXHIBITION TEXT AND PROGRAMMING [WE WOULD USE THIS GRANT FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT THE LATEST PHASE OF MORVEN?S ONGOING PLAN TO EXPAND THE STORIES WE TELL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICANS ENSLAVED BY THE MORVEN-BASED STOCKTONS AND MORVEN?S TIES TO SLAVERY. WE WOULD CONTRACT WITH A HISTORICAL RESEARCH CONSULTANT TO COLLABORATE WITH MORVEN?S CURATORS TO WRITE INTERPRETIVE TEXT FOR A NEW GALLERY EXHIBITION EXAMINING THE STOCKTON FAMILY?S CONNECTIONS TO SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH AND THE WAYS WEALTH BUILT ON SLAVE LABOR WAS USED IN THE NORTH, AND COLLABORATE WITH MORVEN?S CURATOR OF EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING. WE WILL ALSO ENGAGE A COMMUNITY EXPERT WHO HAS DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF PRINCETON?S BLACK HISTORY AND STRONG CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH THIS EXHIBITION AND PROGRAMMING, MORVEN IS PROVIDING A SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO LEARN, GRAPPLE WITH, AND DISCUSS THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY AT A LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL.]