Trenton At War
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, the property on which Trent built his house in 1719 was called "Kingsbury" and was owned by Dr. William Bryant, a retired surgeon who had served in the British Army. In 1776 Hessian soldiers stood guard on Bryant's property along the banks of the Delaware River.
In 1778 Bryant sold the property to Colonel John Cox, an ardent Patriot and deputy quartermaster general of the Continental Army, who remained it "Bloomsbury." In late August/early September 1781 American and French troops encamped in Trenton on and around Bloomsbury as they prepared to cross the Delaware River and continue their march south where British General Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown, ending the War.
In 1778 Bryant sold the property to Colonel John Cox, an ardent Patriot and deputy quartermaster general of the Continental Army, who remained it "Bloomsbury." In late August/early September 1781 American and French troops encamped in Trenton on and around Bloomsbury as they prepared to cross the Delaware River and continue their march south where British General Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown, ending the War.
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