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No. 20. — Copy of the Madonna* au Corse* Rouge — a favorite 

 'Composition of Raphael. Done in London, 1801. 



No. 21. — Our Savior bearing the Cross, and sinking under 

 ITS weight. Painted in New York, 1826. 



No. 22. — Four Heads. Oil Miniatures. 



RuFus Putnam, Brigadier General, first settler of Ohio, 

 Jacob Reed, Esq., in Congress, 1792. 

 Ralph Izard, Senator in Congress, 1791. 

 Judge Grimke, of Charleston, South Carolina. 



No. 23. — Death of Gen. Mercer, at the Battle of Princeton. 

 January 3, 1777. 



Alarmed by the success of the attack upon Trenton, the enemy 

 immediately withdrew all their posts from the banks of the Del- 

 aware, and concentrated their forces in Princeton and Brunswick. 

 On the other hand, Gen. Washington, having received considerable 

 reinforcements, re-crossed the river, and again took possession of 

 Trenton, with a view to further offensive operations. On the 2d 

 of January, 1777, Lord Cornwallis, having resumed the command 

 of the British troops, marched with his whole force to attack him. 

 Washington, at his approach, abandoned the town of Trenton, 

 and took his position on the south side of the creek. Some skir- 

 mishing followed, and a severe cannonade, with an unsuccessful 

 attempt to force the passage of the bridge, closed the events of 

 the day. The British troops, to the number of near 10,000, occu- 

 pied Trenton. One brigade was halted about six miles in their 

 rear, and another brigade, composed of the 17th, 40th and 55th 

 regiments, under the command of Col, Mawhood, passed the night 

 at Princeton. All these corps were ordered to unite at Trenton 

 early in the following morning, with the expectation of over- 

 whelming the Americans. 



* Madonna is technically applied by the Italians to the Virgin Mary, the mother 

 of our Lord, and therefore emphatically our Lady ; ma, in Italian, is my, and Don- 

 na, Lady, literally therefore, r)iij Lady. The Madonna with the infant Jesus, has 

 always been a favorite subject with the Italian artists; since, independently of 

 religious motives, it is a subject which unites in one group, the two most beautiful 

 objects in nature, a beautiful woman and a lovely infant. 



