Howe retired to New York and spent the winter there with his large force of 30,000; but at trenton and Bordentown on the Delaware River some fifty miles away he placed two isolated outposts of about 1,500 Hessians each.
"The American Revolution and the Boer War, An Open Letter to Mr. Charles Francis Adams on His Pamphlet "The Confederacy and the Transvaal""
Sydney G. Fisher
Good: Colonel William Point 200 John Street trenton, New Jersey Bad: Chas.
"Practical Grammar and Composition"
Thomas Wood
As late as 1791 there were only six post offices in the colony, and none south of trenton.
"The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office"
Mary E. Woolley