Elisha Boudinot and General Lafayette
On this site stood the residence of
Elisha Boudinot
one of Newark’s most distinguished citizens,
Eminent jurist,
Member of Newark’s Committee of Correspondence,
Patriot and
personal friend of Washington.
Here on September 23, 1824
General Lafayette
was entertained on his first visit to Newark.
On the one hundredth anniversary of this event
this tablet was erected by the Newark Chapter,
New Jersey Society,
Sons of the American Revolution.
Marker is at the intersection of Raymond Blvd. and Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Raymond Blvd..
Courtesy hmdb.org
