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I recently read David McCullough’s incredibly alive book 1776. It struck me that I am familiar with most places he writes of, including Boston, northern and central New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and Yorktown, Virginia. I also have access to them; others may not.
Jill Uris did a book of photography for her dad’s book on Ireland, Trinity. I always found the two very complementary. Visuals make up a large part of today's communications. To accompany the book I offer some visual information you might like. It includes some of the locations mentioned in the text, and in some cases a bit more, to give a feel for the place.
Part II - Fateful Summer - New York
It has been ages since I was last in the City. For now, this part will wait for help. Any volunteers? I'll do the photography.
Part III - Long Retreat - New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Washington's Headquarters - Buckingham, Pennsylvania
[ page 269 ]
Washington slept here
(Photo courtesy of Wes and Rudy)
Greene's Headquarters - Bogart's Tavern - Buckingham, Pennsylvania
[ page 272 ]
I also stopped in Buckingham, and photographed Rhode Island General Nathanael Greene’s headquarters, currently disguised as Aunt Edna’s Antique Shop. The photo of the front had a near-grade level porch, lopped off by highway widening in the 60’s.
 Bogart's Tavern |
 Sign |
 Bogart's Front |
Washington's Crossing
Christmas, night, so bitter a storm that two men perished on the march to Trenton; none lost in battle. Artillery pieces and horses on barges, men in the Durham boats.(a) Two fires on the far shore the only light to cross by. The Delaware was iced up such that Washington's main force succeeded in the 300 yard crossing; others failed.
Yardley, Pennsylvania
[ pages ??? - later - 236, 240 ]
On the way home yesterday, I stopped in Yardley, and photographed the environs near the ferry crossing into Trenton, used for the Trenton skirmish. One little architectural detail caught my eye on a residence. I enclose a photo of it. Would you be so kind as to speculate on the architectural style employed? The residence has small triple columns forming a porch corner. It is sort of cottage big in size. I’d guess late 1850’s?
I also found Ferry Street, a war memorial, and St. Andrew's Church and Afton Lake (manmade pond which is part of a water system for a grist mill). These last are 1820's, yet provide a feel for Yardley. It is a river town; proud, quiet, prospering.
 Yardley Architectural Detail |
 Yardley - Afton Lake |
 End of Ferry Street Delaware River looking downstream toward Trenton |
 Yardley, St. Andrews |
 Memorial in Yardley |
 Yardley, PA |
Trenton, New Jersey
[ pages 278 - 288 ]
 Trenton Maps |
 225th Reenactment King Street [Warren today] (Photo courtesy of Joe Ryan) |
 Washington's Attack |
Princeton, New Jersey
[ page 288 ]
Yorktown, Virginia
[ pages 292 - 294 ]
I love a good ending. Read it for yourself on the Yorktown battlefield monument.
 Yorktown, Virgina redoubt |
 Yorktown, Virgina Monument |
Links
Bogart's Tavern reference by Harrison
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania photo tour
Bucks County History photos incl Washington HQ house
Bucks County Pennsylvania History and Genealogy
Colonel Johann Andreas Kachlein
General Greene Inn - Bogart's Tavern
Papers of George Washington
Buckingham history from 1703
Battle of Princeton - DAR Site
Battle of Trenton re-enactments, 225th Anniv
Battle of Trenton 1777 Map
History - American Revolution & the Civil War, and more. Photographs by Joe Ryan
Loyalist Institute Photo Gallery Index Page
National Register of Historical Places - NEW JERSEY (NJ), Mercer County, Nassau Hall
New Jersey State Library
TerraServer Image - Trenton 1999
The American Revolution (Trenton)
Trenton Battle
Ten Crucial Days
Trenton, NJ (USA) American Revolution Old Barracks Museum
Writings of George Washington
Yorktown Battlefield - Yorktown, Virginia
Yorktown redoubt and Colonial Williamsburg Pictures
Yorktown Battlefield Auto Tour Roads
Revolutionary War Battles
Major General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)
Note (a.)
Thanks to Cate Crown of Ten Crucial Days. Cate told me that 'The artillery and horses did not cross
in the Durham boats. Those boats were used to transport the men. The artillery and horses were transported on flat barges that were attached to a cable ferry that stretched from shore to shore above the river.' I had imagined the horses back then were smarter, and understood English. I further imagined a conversation in which the horses were told to get in the boats, or appear on the supper table.
