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William Trent House

Name: Scuttled by Revolution: Vandalia and the Grand Ohio Company
Start: 2025-12-13T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-13T17:00:00-05:00
Location: William Trent House

15 Market Street
Trenton, NJ 08611 United States Get Directions

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December 2025
Scuttled by Revolution: Vandalia and the Grand Ohio Company

December 13, 2025 • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

William Trent House 15 Market Street, Trenton, NJ, United States

Join the Trent House Association for a special talk by historian Jason Cherry on the early 1770s attempt to create a fourteenth American colony known as “Vandalia.” Cherry will explore the ambitions behind the proposed colony—championed by figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Wharton, George Mercer, and Captain William Trent—and explain how rising resistance and...

Free

December 2025