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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



September, 1906 



Island, where preparations 

 were made for a great 

 camp. At the same time a 

 road was cleared toward 

 Kings Bridge, as if an at- 

 tack at that point was con- 

 templated. Letters setting 

 forth the plan of campaign 

 against New York were al- 

 lowed to fall into the hands 

 of the enemy. The whole 

 farce was admirably played, 

 and none were more de- 

 ceived than the allied troops 

 themselves. Not until New 

 Brunswick had been passed 

 was the real destination 

 known to the army. 



The course followed by 

 the army in its march 

 through Jersey and the sub- 

 sequent events are quaintly 

 told in an unpublished man- 

 uscript journal of Col. 

 Jonathan Trumbull, son of 

 Gov. Trumbull, of Con- 

 necticut, who was aide-de- 

 camp to Washington and 

 his military secretary. 



On August 24th Wash- 

 ington with Count de Ro- 

 chambeau visited West 

 Point. On the 25th he made 

 his headquarters at "Rama- 

 paugh" (Ramapo). On the 

 26th he moves to Pompton, 

 and reaches Chatham in the 



evening — a long day's ride. On the 27th he rides to Spring- 

 Held, where he is joined by General Lincoln and his troops, 

 but returns in the evening to Chatham. "On August 29 the 

 General and family (i. e., his military aides, etc.) leave 

 Chatham, proceed to Princetown (sic), where we meet Count 

 Rochambeau and suite, dine together and ride to Trenton, 

 where we sleep." August 30: "Leave Trenton, breakfast at 

 Bristol and arrive at Philadelphia 



about noon. Alight at the City . : ^--r 



Tavern amid crowds of people and /;'• '-■ 



shouts of acclamation, all wondering ./■;■;, 



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Portrait of Washington, Painted by John Trumbull, in 1 780, and Engraved in Mezzotint 

 by Valentine Green in 1781. This Portrait Belonged to M. de Neufville, of Amster- 

 dam, but was Lost for Nearly a Hundred Years, Until Discovered in London 

 Several Years Ago and Brought to this Country. It is Now in a Private 

 Collection in New York City 



the design of this visit. We 

 are quartered with Mr. 

 Morris, financier, where 

 we dine this day." August 

 31 : "In Philadelphia. Dine 

 with the Minister of 

 France. Great company and 

 great parade." 



There was a wide con- 

 trast between the two armies 

 as they marched through 

 Philadelphia. The Amer- 

 ican army passed through 

 the city on September 2, the 

 officers being in the Conti- 

 nental uniform, but the men 

 were only part of them in 

 uniform, and these were 

 tattered and torn and told 

 the sad tale of the suffer- 

 ings and privations during 

 the long period of the war. 

 The army extended over a 

 distance of two miles in 

 length and the men marched 

 to the tune of the fife and 

 drum. In spite of their 

 dusty and careworn appear- 

 ance, they were greeted with 

 enthusiasm by the loyal citi- 

 zens of the Quaker City. 

 On the following day the 

 same streets were lined by 

 the same crowds to wel- 

 come the more imposing 

 array of the French army, 

 with their brilliant uniforms 

 of white faced with green, and led by a full military band. 

 The scene must have been very impressive. 



The brief sojourn in Philadelphia proved to be the occa- 

 sion for much entertaining, and the General and his staff were 

 kept busy with a variety of social functions, formal and 

 informal. Dinners were given by Mr. Reed, President of 

 Congress. Colonel Trumbull makes note in his journal that 



he "drank tea with Mrs. Morris at 

 •• , . her bower in the country." General 



Washington was again entertained at 

 dinner by the French minister, while 



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Book-plate of Washington 



The Right Honorable Charles Earl Cornwallis 

 General and Commander of His Majesty's 

 Forces in South Carolina. After C. Knight's 

 Engraving of Sir Joshua Reynold's Portrait 



Book-plate of Cornwallis 



