Download or read book The History of Cape May County, New Jersey written by Lewis Townsend Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embracing an account of the aborigines, the Dutch in Delaware Bay, the settlements of the county, the whaling, the growth of the villages, the Revolution and patriots, the establishment of the new government, the War of 1812, the progress of the county, and the soldiers of the Civil War.