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 Phillip Van Horne, who built this home in 1754, was such a genial entertainer
of officers of both armies that his house was known as "Convivial Hall." Van
Horne's house was one of General Cornwallis' objectives in the Battle of
Bound Brook. General Benjamin Lincoln was quartered at the home when
Cornwallis sent troops looking for him. Lincoln escaped, but the British captured
three American cannon on the front lawn as Lincoln's men retreated.
General William Alexander (known as Lord Stirling) used the house as his
headquarters during the 1778-1779 Second Middlebrook Encampment.
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