Trenton Ferry

Trenton Ferry is a New Jersey historical marker in Mercer County, dedicated 1963.

Marker is on John Fitch Way (New Jersey Route 29) 0.1 miles south of East Bridge Street (Business U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north.

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April 21, 1789, Washington passed through Trenton on his way to New York for inauguration. Reception was held in City Tavern.

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Historical maps covering this location

1777 · Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops in New Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1792 · A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1794 · New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · New Jersey (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1807 · Armees Americaine et Britannique en 1776 et 1777 dans le Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New Jersey, 1797, covering the location of Trenton Ferry, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New Jersey, 1797, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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