LECTURER - Donald Sherblom, PhD

• THE LOYALIST JOHN VOUGHT, A MAN OF HONOR
  Vought Historian Don Sherblom continues our series around John Voughts life and shares more about the Palatine Vought Family and why John Vought was a man of honor & integrity even though he remained loyal to Crown.
  At the North County Branch Library, 65 Halstead Street, Clinton.
  February 15, 2014
• THE HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND ARCHEOLOGY OF THE VOUGHT HOMESTEAD
  Join Historian Don Sherblom, Architect Michael Margulies and Montclair State University Archeologist Chris Mathews as they give various presentations regarding the recent archeological exploration of the 1756 Vought House.  Following a Question & Answer session, groups of 10 people at a time will tour the house while others explore the topics of the history and architecture of the Vought House and the recent Phase I restoration. 
  A suggested $5 donation per person is requested; ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE RESTORATION OF THE VOUGHT HOUSE. 
  Clinton Township Middle School Cafeteria, Greyrock Road, Annandale.
  October 5, 2014

Donald Sherblom, a resident of Annandale, earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York City. He has taught at the City University of New York, Seton Hall University, and Cedar Crest College in Allentown PA.  Since 2006, Dr. Sherblom has been president of The 1759 Vought House, A Revolutionary War Loyalist Homestead, a 501 (c)(3) public charity organized to acquire and preserve this remarkable historic artifact.

In 2011 he wrote a 45-page booklet called Neighbors at War, The Vought Family and the Revolution to increase public awareness of the rich history of the Vought house, and has given a series of talks for the Red Mill Museum Village, most recently at their August 2012 Revolutionary War Days where his talk "John Allen, John Vought and Hunterdon’s Loyalist Uprising" fit the theme of A Community Divided. His March 2012 talk called "Requesting the Favor of Your Friendly Assistance: Letters from Solitude" focused on the parole of John Penn and Benjamin Chew at the Union Forge and their correspondence which reveals a great deal about life in Hunterdon County and in British-occupied Philadelphia in the winter of 1777-1778.

He is completing "A Loyalist Farmstead in a World Turned Upside Down" about the new roles thrust on loyalist wives Cornelia and Mary Grandin Vought, who while their husbands were at war managed the 486-acre farm, dealt with the local committee of safety, crossed enemy lines to visit their husbands, and bought back cows and hogs to sustain the family when Patriots auctioned the Vought livestock. This article will appear in the catalog for an exhibit at the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts called: The American Revolution in New Jersey: Where the Battlefront Meets the Homefront."