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Gorham Silver Trophy Cup PRINCETON 1913, Unique History
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W do we start with the historical significance of this item? Up for auction is a sterling silver Gorham Mfg. Co. trophy cup. Below is the inscription on the cup: Presented by Charles D. Halsey-86 For The Best all around Gymnast CHAMPIONSHIP OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY won by John C. Vroman, Jr. 1913 Charles Thompson Day Halsey was of the famed Monmouth County, New Jersey, Halsey family. is what the Monmouth County Historical Society has to say about him: Charles Thompson Day Halsey (1865 - 1923), nicknamed "Steve" and father of Cortland Van Rensselaer Halsey, was raised in Newark, prepared for college at the Freehold Institute and graduated from Princeton University in 1886. After college he worked in the Engineers' Corps for the Department of the Pennsylvania Railroad until 1894.With a $20,000 loan against his father Silas' estate, Halsey shifted his interests to Wall Street and formed New York Stock Exchange firm Toler & Halsey with Henry Pennington Toler, his Princeton roommate and best man at his wedding. The partnership of Toler & Halsey was terminated in 1901, when Toler was declared insane as his religious ferver grew extreme. The firm became C. D. Halsey & Company.In 1895, Halsey married Euphemia (Effie) Van Rensselaer Grubb (1870 - 1947), and they had three children, Cortlant Van Rennselaer (1896 - 1987), Charles Day (1898 - 1982), and Elizabeth (1906 - 1974). After summering for years at the Jersey Shore, they moved in 1905 from New York City to year-round residence in Rumson, New Jersey.Halsey was involved in the creation of the borough of Rumson and was one of the original incorporators of the town in 1907. He was on the first Borough Council, was the first police commissioner, and was on the first Rumson school board. In addition, Halsey was a founding member and treasurer of the board of the Monmouth County Agricultural Fair Association.An interesting event in the life of Charles Halsey was the case of James M. Allgor and his public outcry against wealthy neighbors. Along with several other Rumson and Sea Bright politicians, who were dubbed the "Rumson Road Millionaires," Halsey was a target of harrassment and lawsuits of long-time Sea Bright resident Allgor. In 1906, Allgor had purchased a tract of highly desirable land known as West Side Park on Rumson Road on the west die of the Sea Bright draw bridge. Allgor stated he wanted to built a bungalow on the property but did not mention that he planned to use it as an ice cream parlor. For three years it was a thriving business.When Allgor erected a bowling alley in the rear of the building, he was refused a license to operate such a business. Allgor retaliated by posting signs over the bungalow that it was "to rent for Negroes only" and that "this place will be open for the sale of ladies second-hand underwear." He began to hang men's and ladies' underwear from lines on his property, and wrote the names of prominent citizens and their wives on them. He erected a 150-foot long by 12-foot high board wall in front of his bungalow upon which he painted accusations and injustices done to him. After receiving a threatening letter if he did not dismantle the sign, Allgor began wearing a revolver from his belt.In 1910 Allgor was arrested for maintaining at nuisance but the case was dismissed on appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court. An agreement was signed in 1911 between Allgor and Halsey, in which Allgor agreed to stay out of Rumson for a year, convey his property to a trustee, and refrain from harassing and sending letters to any citizen of Sea Bright and Rumson. he was told to destroy all post cards and negatives of the bill boards, and in return he would receive $1,000.Halsey worked on Wall Street until 1922, when he was diagnosed with cancer. Charles Halsey died in September, 1923 and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark. His widow Effie married Sir Joseph White Todd (d. 1926) ...
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