Saddlebags packed with medical supplies and some clothing, a blanket and strong cloth rolled behind his saddle, a young man rode into town. The village was Absecum (Absecon), the year was about 1819 and the horseman was young Dr. Jonathan Pitney. Only twenty-one years old, Pitney has just completed two years as an assistant in a hospital on Staten Island, following his graduation from a New York medical school. Probably few noticed the youthful horseman as he arrived in the village. Certainly no one knew or cared that he had just completed the long trip from his birthplace and home in Mendham, Morris County, where he ...
