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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
At 106.3 miles, just S. of the OCEAN CITY COUNTRY CLUB golf course
(18 Holes; greens fees $2 daily, $1 after 4 p.m., $9 weekly), is the junction with a paved road.
Left on this road is SOMERS POINT, 0.7 mile The SOMERS MANSION (private)
cor. May's Landing Rd. and Shore Rd., a wooden structure erected in the late
1700's, is in the Colonial style. A tablet on Shore Rd., north of the house, erected
in 1932 by the Children of the Revolution, marks the site of the house in which
Richard Somers was born. Master Commandant Richard Somers of the United States
Navy, a brilliant young officer who commanded the Intrepid, a vessel loaded with
explosives, was assigned to destroy the enemy fleet at Tripoli in 1804. Fired upon
by the Turks, the Intrepid was blown to pieces; Somers and 12 others were killed.
One theory is that Somers, fearing capture of his ship, deliberately carried a lighted
lantern into the powder magazine. The mansion was recently deeded to the Atlantic
County Historical Society as a museum. To Somers Point, known in the Revolution
as Egg Harbor, American privateers brought many British prizes.
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