Cooper's Ferry

Cooper's Ferry is a New Jersey historical marker in between poles, Camden County, dedicated 1932.

Crescent Blvd. - right hand side leaving Camden, between poles · location approximate

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Feb. 26, 1778, thirteen hundred enemy troops crossed from Philadelphia to capture Ellis's and Wayne's forces engaged in foraging. The enemy was met here at Cooper's Creed Bridge on March 1, 1778 by Gen's. Wayne and Pulaski and a severe skirmish ensued

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1752 · A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent with a perspective view of the State-house… (Leiden University Libraries)
1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1780 · A new and accurate map of the province of Pennsylvania in North America, from the best… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Philadelphia And Adjacent Country (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland, 1807, covering the location of Cooper's Ferry, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland, 1807, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Cooper's Ferry

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