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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.
PAGE
CHAP. I.-Treatment of the Hessian Prisoners-
Their Interviews with Washington — Their
Reception by the People.
I
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
6
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 Princeton
at
Baffled and Perplexed—Washington at Morris-
town-His System of Annoyance—The Tables
Turned upon the Enemy.
15
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
American Commanders and their Camps
40
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. . 53
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-