American Encampment

American Encampment is a New Jersey historical marker in Passaic County, dedicated 1932.

October 9 - November 27, 1780, the patriot army camp extended along this site which had also been used in July. Washington came from his headquarters in Preakness to Totowa and visited the Van Rt. 6 - alongside Totowa Sub-station Post Office and Boro Heights · location approximate

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1887 · City Of New York (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1924 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1927 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1938 · Paterson, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1944 · Paterson, New Jersey (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

New Jersey, 1927, covering the location of American Encampment, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1927, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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