1. The old Trenton ferry, which had been established in 1726 by James Trent and was operated at this time by Thomas Janney, crossed the Delaware River at its lower falls about a mile south of the town. The new Trenton ferry, which had been established in 1773 by Elijah Bond and was operated at this time by Thomas Harvery, was a half to one mile farther down the river (see the Pennsylvania Gazette [Philadelphia], 3 Jan., 8 May, 10 July, and 31 July 1776, and Colles, Survey of the Roads description begins Christopher Colles. A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America, 1789. Edited by Walter W. Ristow. Cambridge, Mass., 1961. description ends , 159).

2. The Durham boats, historian Alfred Hoyt Bill says, were “devised to carry iron ore and freight between Philadelphia and the northern counties of New Jersey. Ranging from forty to sixty feet in length and eight feet wide, they drew only twenty inches when fully loaded. The largest of them could carry fifteen tons and were capable of transporting the whole of some of Washington’s little regiments in a single trip. They had heavy steering sweeps that could be fitted at either end and were equipped with two masts and sails and with poles to drive them against contrary winds and currents” (Bill, Campaign of Princeton description begins Alfred Hoyt Bill. The Campaign of Princeton, 1776–1777. Princeton, N.J., 1948. description ends , 28–29).