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.
During the days leading up to the battle of Trenton, Dr. Bryant’s riverfront property was occupied by Hessian troops, while Continental Army batteries were placed across the river so as to include Dr. Bryant’s House and the Trenton Ferry crossing within their field of fire. A Hessian picket at the Assunpink Creek bridge sent a patrol down to Bryant’s house every half hour, and sentinels were posted at Bryant’s house.
The Trent House is in the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area. Visitors can have their National Park Service passports or other documents stamped with this logo.
During the days leading up to the battle of Trenton, Dr. Bryant’s riverfront property was occupied by Hessian troops, while Continental Army batteries were placed across the river so as to include Dr. Bryant’s House and the Trenton Ferry crossing within their field of fire. A Hessian picket at the Assunpink Creek bridge sent a patrol down to Bryant’s house every half hour, and sentinels were posted at Bryant’s house.
The Trent House is in the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area. Visitors can have their National Park Service passports or other documents stamped with this logo.
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 (shown on the drawing below) as they prepared to cross the Delaware River and continue their march south where British General Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown, ending the War.
The Trent House is on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail and can stamp visitors' National Park Service passports or other documents with that stamp.
The Trent House is on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail and can stamp visitors' National Park Service passports or other documents with that stamp.
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