. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . Robert Morrisplanned and executed his financial schemes,which kept the suffering band of patriotstogether through the long struggle that sogloriously terminated with the surrender ofCornwallis at Yorktown. During the strug-gle the country around Philadelphia wasmade sacred by many battles. To the west,and at the distance of bu
. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . Robert Morrisplanned and executed his financial schemes,which kept the suffering band of patriotstogether through the long struggle that sogloriously terminated with the surrender ofCornwallis at Yorktown. During the strug-gle the country around Philadelphia wasmade sacred by many battles. To the west,and at the distance of but a few miles, liesthe field of Brandywine, where the Ameri-cans, under Washington, so gallantly butfruitlessly, contended for an entire day, onthe nth of September, 1777, against thewell-appointed veterans of Great Britain,commanded by General Howe. Again, atGermantown, within the present city limits,the same forces met, on the 4th of Octoberof the same year, and fought with equaldesperation, but with similar results. It wasat Red Bank, a month later, in sight of thecity, that the Hessians were so gallantly re-pulsed by Colonel Greene, and Count Dunop,their commander, fell and lies buried. Itwas through the counties of Chester andBucks that Mad Anthony Wayne and. liELL.
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