Existing comment:
The House Built in 1719 by William Trent
Chief Justice of New Jersey, 1723-1724
from whom Trenton derived its name
was his home until his death in 1724
Other owners or occupants of the House were
Lewis Morris
First Governor of New Jersey
as a separate Province
Resident 1742-1746
Philemon Dickerson
Governor of New Jersey 1836-1837
Owner 1835-1838
Col. John Cox
Assistant Quartermaster General
of the Continental Army
Owner 1778-1792, Resident 1778-1790
Rodman McCamley Price
Governor of New Jersey 1854-1857
Resident 1854-1859
This tablet erected by the Society of Colonial Wars
in the State of New Jersey
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