Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by

G. P. PUTNAM AND CO.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York

The knickerbocker Press

NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK

Contents.

CHAP. I.-Treatment of the Hessian Prisoners-

Their Interviews with Washington Their

Reception by the People.

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CHAP. II. — Episode Colonel Griffin in the

Jerseys-Donop Decoyed-Inroad of Cad-

walader and Reed-Retreat and Confusion

of the Enemy's Outposts Washington

Recrosses the Delaware with his Troops-The

Game Reversed-The Hessians Hunted Back

through the Country - Washington Made

Military Dictator

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CHAP. III.-Howe Hears of the Affair at Trenton

- Cornwallis Sent Back to the Jerseys-

Reconnoitering Expedition of Reed-His Ex-

ploits - Washington in Peril at Trenton

Reinforced by Troops under Cadwalader and

Mifflin-Position of his Men-Cornwallis at

Trenton - Repulsed at the Assunpink - The

American Camp Menaced-Night March of

Washington-Affair at Princeton-Death of

Mercer-Rout of British Troops-Pursued by

Washington Cornwallis at Princeton

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Baffled and Perplexed-Washington at Morris-

town-His System of Annoyance—The Tables

Turned upon the Enemy.

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CHAP. IV. - Burke on the State of Affairs in

America - New Jersey Roused to Arms

Washington Grants Safe Conduct to Hessian

Convoys Encampment at Morristown

Putnam at Princeton-His Stratagem to Con-

ceal the Weakness of his Camp-Exploit of

General Dickinson near Somerset Court-

House-Washington's Counter Proclamation

-Prevalence of the Small-Pox-Inoculation

of the Army-Contrast of the British and

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CHAP. V.-Negotiations for Exchange of Pris-

oners-Case of Colonel Ethan Allen - Of

General Lee - Correspondence of Washing-

ton with Sir William Howe about the Ex-

changes of Prisoners - Referees Appointed

-Letters of Lee from New York-Case of

Colonel Campbell-Washington's Advice to

Congress on the Subject of Retaliation-His

Correspondence with Lord Howe about the

Treatment of Prisoners-The Horrors of the

Jersey Prison-Ship and the Sugar House.

CHAP. VI.-Exertions to Form a New Army-

Calls on the Different States-Insufficiency of

the Militia-Washington's Care for the Yeo-

manry-Dangers in the Northern Department

- Winter Attack on Ticonderoga Appre-

hended-Exertions to Reinforce Schuyler-

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