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Timeline 1757 > January 21 – Moses Van Campen is born in Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey to Cornelius Van Campen and Wyntje (Depue)[…]

Spirit of “In Tribute” Captured by Minard’s 1893 Dedication

John Stearns Minard’s dedication from the 1893 edition of Sketches of Border Adventures in the Life and Times of Major Moses Van Campen captures the[…]

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New Biography Published

Three Journeys to the Genesee, The Life of Moses Van Campen, A Frontier Biography by Molly Beer, a native of Angelica, NY, was published in[…]

Welcome to “Moses Van Campen … In Tribute”

Launched in 2009, 200 hundred years after completing his home in Angelica, NY, MosesVanCampen.com was created “In Tribute” to Moses Van Campen (1757-1849). May it[…]

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“His Christianity was pure,
his views of religion sound
and scriptural, and his fidelity
and integrity of character
were like his own well aimed rifle,
true to the mark.”

– Rev. Thomas Aitken
Obituary of Moses Van Campen

"I was nurtured in the school of the rifle and the tomahawk."

- Moses Van Campen

“I hear the footsteps of coming millions.”

- Moses Van Campen

“The notes of war are hushed,
The rage of battle o’er,
The warrior is at rest,
He hears our praise no more.
The soldier nobly fought
For all we dearly love,
He fought to gain a heavenly crown,
And now he reigns above
.

- Rev. Thomas Aitken
Inscription, Moses Van Campen's Headstone

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