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  • SHF Collection
    • Armaments & Equipment >
      • American-made Musket
      • Bayonet recovered from Monmouth Battlefield
      • British Bayonet marked to the Royal Fusiliers
      • British Light Dragoon Saber
      • Broad Arrow-marked Cannonball
      • Daniel Carter’s Powder Horn
      • Dutch Infantry Musket
      • French Musket marked “UNITED STATES”
      • George Taylor's Brace of Pistols
      • German Infantry Hanger
      • Henry Beekman Livingston’s Small Sword
      • Jacob Wagner’s Powder Horn
      • Jager Rifle
      • James Otis’s Powder Horn
      • John I. Roosevelt’s Sword
      • “Liberty or Death” Fusil
      • Musket Tool and Worm
      • Nathaniel Hall's Powder Horn
      • Pennsylvania Rifle
      • Rifle Attributed to George Frederick Fainot
      • Scottish Steel Pistol
    • Broadsides >
      • New Jersey Three Pound Note, 1776
      • Pennsylvania 18 Pence Note, 1777
    • Manuscripts >
      • Asher Brown’s Officer’s Commission, August 1775
      • British Army Officer’s Commission, April 1783
      • Document signed by John Fitch, October 1778
      • Letter written by Frederick Frelinghuysen, April 1779
      • Letter written by George Washington to Richard Humpton, December 1776
      • Letter written by Jonathan Potts, January 1777
      • Letter written by John Pool, September 1778
      • Letter written by Theodore Van Wyck, September 1765
      • Manuscript Accounting from the Surrender at Saratoga, 1777
      • Massachusetts Teamsters Agreement, 1759
      • Pass signed by Brigadier General William Alexander, Lord Stirling
      • Pass signed by Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt, September
      • Pay Roll of the 4th New Jersey Regiment, August 1777
    • Prints & Photographs >
      • Mezzotint of Major General Charles Lee
      • Photograph of Daniel Waldo
      • Portrait of General Daniel Morgan
      • Portrait Miniature of Bishop William White
    • Rare Books >
      • The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America
      • London Printing of Common Sense
      • Military Instructions for Officers Detached In the Field
    • Silver & Metalwork >
      • Commemorative Button for George Washington’s Inauguration
      • Great Seal of the United States
      • Mourning Brooch owned by Elizabeth Warren
      • “USA” Button
    • Textiles >
      • “American Libertie” Pocketbook
  • SHF Fellowship
  • SHF Garrison Paintings
  • SHF Partners
  • Washington Crossing American Revolution Round Table
  • Our Founder

Swan Historical Foundation Partnerships

Nonprofit partnerships can take the form of associations, joint programming, ​or shared services. 
The purpose of strategic partnerships is to leverage the strengths of both
​parties to achieve a common goal

Links to Partnerships 


State of New Jersey Sites
  • NJ WC Park Site - Johnson Ferry House
  • Trenton Monument
  • Princeton Battlefield Park
  • Monmouth Battlefield
  • NJ State Museum in Trenton
  • Journey Through New Jersey
  • Revolutionary NJ
            
Ten Crucial Days Associators
  • Washington Crossing Park Association
  • PA Washington Crossing Park
  • Friends of PA Washington Crossing Park
  • Princeton Battlefield Association
  • Old Trenton Barracks
  • TenCrucialDays.org 

​Other Links
  • American Battlefield Association Trust
  • The Dennis Farm Charitable Trust
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Journal of the American Revolution
  • Museum of the American Revolution
  • The David Library of the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society
  • Morven Museum and Garden
  • Moland House
  • American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Morristown National Historical Park
  • Crossroads of the American Revolution
  • New Jersey Society Sons of the Revolution
  • New Jersey State Society Sons of the American Revolution
  • Princeton Chapter, New Jersey State Society Sons of the American Revolution
  • National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
  • New Jersey State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
  • Princeton University - Nassau Hall
  • The Nassau Club​
Swan Historical Foundation Sponsors "Washington's Landing in New Jersey"
Can you imagine rowing through ice floes and then trudging through a blizzard in the middle of the night, with miles to go before your destination is reached — especially when that destination is a battle to decide the fate of your country? 

BUT WHAT HAPPENED ONCE THE TROOPS LANDED IN NEW JERSEY? 
CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THAT EXPERIENCE AT THE WASHINGTON CROSSING STATE PARK!

Washington Crossing Park Association
Save the Date: Witness the Revolution!
Mark your calendar for the 4th annual
​Washington’s Landing in New Jersey event: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Living history reenactments, stories, fife and drum corp, cannons, camp fires, a food truck, and presentations on the
New Jersey story of Washington’s famous crossing of the Delaware.
Advocating & Educating on Behalf of the Washington Crossing State Park of New Jersey
Washington’s Landing in NJ

Click to watch a video about this upcoming event!


Want to be a part of the Swan Historical Foundation's mission to encourage knowledge and appreciation of the American Revolution
​for the benefit of present and future generations? 
Volunteer
Swan Historical Foundation Collection at Washington Crossing State Park Visitor Center, Titusville, New Jersey
355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road 
Titusville, NJ 08560-1517

​Help Support the Swan Historical Foundation

Swan Historical Scholarship Fund - Support our fellowship awards through the American Philosophical Society
​and the David Library for the American Revolution

Building Fund - Support our exhibits in the new Washington Crossing State Park Visitor's Center, scheduled to open in 2026.
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The Swan Historical Foundation, Inc.
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& 
the General Fund to Support Conservation and Acquisitions
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  • About
  • SHF Collection
    • Armaments & Equipment >
      • American-made Musket
      • Bayonet recovered from Monmouth Battlefield
      • British Bayonet marked to the Royal Fusiliers
      • British Light Dragoon Saber
      • Broad Arrow-marked Cannonball
      • Daniel Carter’s Powder Horn
      • Dutch Infantry Musket
      • French Musket marked “UNITED STATES”
      • George Taylor's Brace of Pistols
      • German Infantry Hanger
      • Henry Beekman Livingston’s Small Sword
      • Jacob Wagner’s Powder Horn
      • Jager Rifle
      • James Otis’s Powder Horn
      • John I. Roosevelt’s Sword
      • “Liberty or Death” Fusil
      • Musket Tool and Worm
      • Nathaniel Hall's Powder Horn
      • Pennsylvania Rifle
      • Rifle Attributed to George Frederick Fainot
      • Scottish Steel Pistol
    • Broadsides >
      • New Jersey Three Pound Note, 1776
      • Pennsylvania 18 Pence Note, 1777
    • Manuscripts >
      • Asher Brown’s Officer’s Commission, August 1775
      • British Army Officer’s Commission, April 1783
      • Document signed by John Fitch, October 1778
      • Letter written by Frederick Frelinghuysen, April 1779
      • Letter written by George Washington to Richard Humpton, December 1776
      • Letter written by Jonathan Potts, January 1777
      • Letter written by John Pool, September 1778
      • Letter written by Theodore Van Wyck, September 1765
      • Manuscript Accounting from the Surrender at Saratoga, 1777
      • Massachusetts Teamsters Agreement, 1759
      • Pass signed by Brigadier General William Alexander, Lord Stirling
      • Pass signed by Colonel Philip Van Cortlandt, September
      • Pay Roll of the 4th New Jersey Regiment, August 1777
    • Prints & Photographs >
      • Mezzotint of Major General Charles Lee
      • Photograph of Daniel Waldo
      • Portrait of General Daniel Morgan
      • Portrait Miniature of Bishop William White
    • Rare Books >
      • The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America
      • London Printing of Common Sense
      • Military Instructions for Officers Detached In the Field
    • Silver & Metalwork >
      • Commemorative Button for George Washington’s Inauguration
      • Great Seal of the United States
      • Mourning Brooch owned by Elizabeth Warren
      • “USA” Button
    • Textiles >
      • “American Libertie” Pocketbook
  • SHF Fellowship
  • SHF Garrison Paintings
  • SHF Partners
  • Washington Crossing American Revolution Round Table
  • Our Founder