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William Trent, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant who later became Chief Justice of New Jersey, built this country manor house circa 1719 at the highest navigable point of the Delaware River. An important Hessian guard post stood on the grounds the morning of the Battle of Trenton. The French army under General Rochambeau camped on the grounds September 1-2, 1781, on the march to Yorktown, Virginia, and September 4-8, 1782, on its return. The house is furnished according to the inventory taken after Trent’s Christmas Day 1724 death, and later house history, particularly its role in the Revolution, is also included.
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Trenton, New Jersey · United States
