. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. he Whigs of Salem Coun-ty, either by open attack or by threats. ColonelMawhood determined upon a midnight assaultagainst a body of four hundred militia whohad been stationed at Hancocks thither by boats, followed by ashort forced march, with orders issued fromheadquarters: Go! spare no one—put allto death—give no quarter! Major Simcoewas detailed to put into execution the fiendishplot, in which the most notorious of thelocal Tories participated. Fortunately, however,the main body of the militia had departed
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. he Whigs of Salem Coun-ty, either by open attack or by threats. ColonelMawhood determined upon a midnight assaultagainst a body of four hundred militia whohad been stationed at Hancocks thither by boats, followed by ashort forced march, with orders issued fromheadquarters: Go! spare no one—put allto death—give no quarter! Major Simcoewas detailed to put into execution the fiendishplot, in which the most notorious of thelocal Tories participated. Fortunately, however,the main body of the militia had departed, leavingonly a small guard stationed to guard the bridge,the headquarters being the Hancock the house, the owner of the premises,Judge Hancock, a party of non-combatant Quak-ers, and the guard of about twenty-five men weremassacred as they slept or bayoneted as theyfought for freedom. A few escaped or were takenprisoners by the enemy. This ended the expedi-tion, and within a few days the Anglo-Hessiantroops returned to Philadelphia, their vessels. AN KARLT VILLAGK SCENE. ONY AND AS A STATE 183 ladened with plunder, their persons rich withspoils. Such was the expedition to Salem County, andsuch the valiant defense made by its it was the royal Pennsylvania Gazette, upon the3d of April, 1778, which contained this account ofthe expedition: Nothing can be a stronger proof of the disaffection of the inhabit-ants of New Jersey, to the interest of rebellion, than their behaviourto the troops, who went from this city on the 11th ult. under When they landed at Salem, none was foimd to opposeor impede them from collecting forage, excepting a few who hadbeen prevailed upon to abandon their houses. After a very brief and somewhat misleading ac-count of the affair at Hancocks Bridge the reportcontinues: The rebels never afterwards appeared in force, so that the troopscollected the forage without any interruption and the inhabitantsfrom all qu
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