Historical Marker

Sullivan Way

Sullivan Way just north of the main entrance to the School for the Deaf, on right hand side going north · Mercer

Inscription

By this road, part of Washington's army under Sullivan entered Trenton to help defear the Hessians, Dec. 26, 1776.

AddressSullivan Way just north of the main entrance to the School for the Deaf, on right hand side going north

In December, 1776, skirmishes occurred here between the British and American troops.

Trenton, NJ

Pioneered to establish this first mental hospital in New Jersey in 1848.

Mercerville, NJ

Pioneer advocate of humane care for mental patients the world over.

Here, 1851, Clara Barton, later founder of the Red Cross, stayed while she taught at Cedar Swamp, her first teaching in New Jersey.

Hightstown, NJ

Named for John and Mary Hight, who purchased 3,000 acres here in 1721.