Mercer County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association collection now available for research

This month, the Trentoniana Department was able to complete inventorying and writing a finding aid to the Mercer County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association. Incorporated in 1891 by 23 Civil War Veterans, the Association’s goal was to “erect and maintain a Monument at Trenton, N. J., to commemorate the Victories of the Armies of the United States during the late Civil War (1861-1865), and … to commemorate and perpetuate the patriotism and valor of New Jersey Soldiers and Sailors during said war, from Mercer County particularly.”  On June 19, 1909, the monument was dedicated in Cadwalader Park where it still stands. In all, the Association raised almost $13,000 to erect this memorial which was designed and constructed by the Alexander McDonald Company of Trenton. This guide to the collection (along with many others!) is available on Trentoniana’s website:  https://www.trentonlib.org/trentoniana/finding-aids-to-collections.

Getting collections like the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Association’s papers organized and available for use is made possible by volunteers who give generously of their time. We thank Ellen Callahan for working on this one!