BATTLE OF PRINCETON. On the 3d of Jan. 1777, Gen Mercer while endeavoring to rally his bre -ken detachment was left in the rear-He was overtaken by the enemy and mortally wounded by bayonets. The house of Thomas Clark in which he expired (now standing) is seen in the distance. VICTORY AT TRENTON. On the 26th of December 1776, Gen Washington after the victory over the Hessians, while passing over the battle ground, found Col. Rahl their commander mortally wounded. He was assisted to his quarters (the house seen in the back ground of the engraving (now standing in Trenton) where he soon expired. OF THE 13 STATE OF NEW JERSEY: CONTAINING A GENERAL COLLECTION OF THE MOST INTERESTING FACTS, TRADITIONS, RELATING TO ITS HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES, WITH GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF EVERY TOWNSHIP IN THE STATE. Illustrated by 120 Engravings. BY JOHN W. BARBER, AUTHOR OF CONNECTICUT AND MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, ETC. AND HENRY HOWE, AUTHOR OF THE MEMOIRS OF EMINENT AMERICAN MECHANICS," ETC. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHORS, BY S. TUTTLE, 194 CHATHAM-SQUARE. 1844. |