. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. eeling in local poli-tics, and a widespread belief that Howe had sailedfor Charleston, in that he had not appeared up theDelaware. Following his inspection of the de-fenses of the Delaware, Washington establishedhis headquarters at Neshaminy, at SchuylkillFalls, and later returning to Philadelphia uponthe 23d of the month. Here the American troops,although ill-clothed and ill-equipped, were pa-raded as an incentive to patriotism. At last General Washington had learned thetrue destination of Lord Howes fleet, then faradvanc
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. eeling in local poli-tics, and a widespread belief that Howe had sailedfor Charleston, in that he had not appeared up theDelaware. Following his inspection of the de-fenses of the Delaware, Washington establishedhis headquarters at Neshaminy, at SchuylkillFalls, and later returning to Philadelphia uponthe 23d of the month. Here the American troops,although ill-clothed and ill-equipped, were pa-raded as an incentive to patriotism. At last General Washington had learned thetrue destination of Lord Howes fleet, then faradvanced through Chesapeake Bay. Pushing on-ward south of the City of Wilmington, Gen-eral Maxwell, of New Jersey, with a picked corps,offered protection to the front of the Americanarmy, while the eighteen thousand troops from theBritish fleet disembarked upon the 25th of Au-^gust, landing at the head of the Elk. Thence until^the day of the fateful battle of Brandywine, Sep-tember 11th, the head of the Chesapeake and itstributary streams, as well as a portion of the near-. washingtons headquarters at thkbrandywine. ONY AND AS A STATE 173 by Delaware Valley, was the scene of constantskirmishing. At Chads Ford and at BirminghamMeeting House General Stirling made a gallantfight against overwhelming odds, as did GeneralMaxwell, who, retiring, fought his way to Chester. Between that day and the 21st, when GeneralHowe resumed his march to Philadelphia, therewas continuous fighting in the valley of theSchuylkill. Congress made preparations to ad-journ to Lancaster, and, powerless to aid a city inwhich the Tory element was more than moderate-ly influential, General Washington was compelledto witness the occupation of Philadelphia by Corn-wallis upon September 26, 1777. To the Anglo-Hessian army, after its expe-riences at sea and a month of continuous fighting,Philadelphia was indeed a haven of refuge. Whilethe city was being intrenched by General Howethe American flotilla on the Jersey shor
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