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associated with those whose chief ambition was the promotion of her prosperity, happiness, and glory.16
When Stockton died in 1866, his front-page obituary in the New York Times on October 9 closed with these words:
Commodore Stockton was always a man of marked and decided character. His influence and control over men were very great. He could not be a common man, put him where you would; and he was above all a Jerseyman. His sudden death produces a shock throughout the State, and it will be long felt as a loss of no ordinary character.17