Short answers, pulled from the story.
General George Washington established his headquarters at the Ford Mansion from December 1779 to June 1780. This location served as the military capital of the American Revolution during that specific timeframe.
Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail built the first telegraph at the Speedwell Ironworks on the 6th of January 1838. The first public demonstration of this invention took place five days later on the 11th of January 1838.
Antoine le Blanc became the last person hanged on the Morristown Green on the 6th of September 1833. He had murdered the Sayre family and their servant Phoebe on the 13th of August 1833.
By 1896 an estimated 54 millionaires lived in the Morristown area with a total wealth of $289,000,000. This period marked the height of the Gilded Age before the economic collapse of 1929.
As of the 2020 United States census the town's population was 20,180. This figure represents the highest decennial census count ever recorded for the community.