owe all my religious convictions to the fellowship I have enjoyed all these years in the First Baptist Church. Then pausing and turning abruptly to me he said with great emphasis, I am building this church simply to express my gratitude to God. U.S. Patent "This invention has for its object to improve the construction of trunks, valises, portmanteaus, pellesiers, traveling bags, etc., so as to adapt them to receive and carry a portfolio in such a way that while carrying it safely, it may be conveniently removed when required for use." (1870). Death He died in Newark on February 16, 1889, and is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark. Legacy The Peddie School in Hightstown, where he was a generous benefactor, and the Peddie Memorial Baptist Church in Newark are named after him. See also List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey References External links Thomas Baldwin Peddie at The Political Graveyard Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Burials at Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey) Mayors of Newark, New Jersey Scottish emigrants to the United States 1808 births 1889 deaths Politicians from Edinburgh Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century American politicians