The tavern at the ferry

By Edwin Tunis

Subjects: Homes and haunts, Juvenile literature, Pennsylvania, social life and customs, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, New jersey, history, revolution, 1775-1783, Trenton, Battle of, Trenton, N.J., 1776, Taverns (inns), Delaware river and valley, Social life and customs, Trenton, battle of, trenton, n.j., 1776, Social aspects, Pennsylvania, history, History, Ferries, Taverns (Inns)

Description: Describes the development of settlements, taverns, and ferry crossings along the Pennsylvania and New Jersey shores of the Delaware River and the events leading to Washington's crossing of this river in 1776.