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Facts about the "Dey" line.

George Washington's Headquarters at Preakness!

The Dey House

On July 4, 1780, George Washington had arrived from Ramapo with his army at Totowa, where he spread out his troops, while he established his headquarters in the handsome and spacious residence of Col. Theunis Dey, at Lower Preakness.¹

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William Nelson, History of The City of Paterson and The County of Passaic, New Jersey (Paterson, N.J.: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 269 Main Street, 1901),427.

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The Dey house was on the road leading from Laurel Grove cemetery westerly and northwesterly toward Lower Preakness and Mountain View, being about four miles west of the Paterson city hall, and about two and a half miles from the Passaic river at the cemetery mentioned.

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