1776

In the time of the revolution, the road turned here and followed the brook to Peter Burdett's ferry, the important Hudson River approach to General Nathaniel Greene's encampment at Fort Lee, on the hill, and the connecting link with the American forces on the opposite shore.

South of the brook stood the Burdett homestead, Washington's local headquarters.

Washington, Greene, Putnam and others crossed frequently here, dispatch-bearers arrived and departed, troops and military stores were landed at the wharf.

A memorial near the river recalls the engagements of August 18, October 8, 9, and 27, 1776, between General Mercer's shore battery of eighteen-pounders and certain British ships-of-war.

Prepared for the mayor and council by the Edgewater Committee on Historic Sites, Edgewater, New Jersey.
July 4, 1952

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