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== Betrayal and Capture ==

== Betrayal and Capture ==

In September of 1776 he was re-elected to Congress, and was detailed on a fact-finding mission to the Army of the North, then under the command of General Schuyler.<ref name=Lives/><ref name=Signers/> After returning from that mission, he had to hurry to get his family to safety after General [[George Washington|Washington]] was defeated in New York and had to run from [[Lord Howe]] across New Jersey. He managed to get his family to safety,<ref name=Signers/> but on November 30, 1776, American loyalists betrayed Stockton, captured him in the middle of the night, and turned him over to the British.<ref name=Signers/><ref name=Lives/>

In September of 1776 he was re-elected to Congress, and was detailed on a fact-finding mission to the Army of the North, then under the command of General Schuyler.<ref name=Lives/><ref name=Signers/> After returning from that mission, he had to hurry to get his family to safety after General [[George Washington|Washington]] was defeated in New York and had to run from [[Lord Howe]] across New Jersey. He managed to get his family to safety,<ref name=Signers/> but on November 30, 1776, American loyalists betrayed Stockton, captured him in the middle of the night, and turned him over to the British.<ref name=Lives/><ref name=Signers/>

== Imprisonment and Death ==

== Imprisonment and Death ==

In 1888, New Jersey honored Stockton by donating a statue of him to the [[U. S. Capitol]] [[National Statuary Hall Collection]].<ref name=AOC/> Only six signers of the Declaration of Independence are so represented.

In 1888, New Jersey honored Stockton by donating a statue of him to the [[U. S. Capitol]] [[National Statuary Hall Collection]].<ref name=AOC/> Only six signers of the Declaration of Independence are so represented.

In November of 1968, the New Jersey legislature first approved a bond issue, and in 1969 it passed legislation to establish a college in his honor, the Richard [[Stockton College]] of New Jersey.<ref name=StocktonColl>Authors Unknown. "[http://president.stockton.edu/history.htm A Brief History of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey]." Office of the President, [[Stockton College]], 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>

In November 1968, the New Jersey legislature first approved a bond issue, and in 1969 it passed legislation to establish a college in his honor, the Richard [[Stockton College]] of New Jersey.<ref name=StocktonColl>Authors Unknown. "[http://president.stockton.edu/history.htm A Brief History of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey]." Office of the President, [[Stockton College]], 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>

The [[New Jersey Turnpike]] Authority also named a service area in his honor.<ref name=NJTP>Authors unknown. "[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/nj-vcenter-stockton.htm Richard Stockton Service Area]." ''New Jersey Turnpike Authority.'' Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>

The [[New Jersey Turnpike]] Authority also named a service area in his honor.<ref name=NJTP>Authors unknown. "[http://www.state.nj.us/turnpike/nj-vcenter-stockton.htm Richard Stockton Service Area]." ''New Jersey Turnpike Authority.'' Retrieved June 15, 2007.</ref>

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