. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . ofCongress, and by CharlesThompson, the secretary,the latter a Pennsylvanian. The Middle StatesCampaign. In the battlesaround New York, thou-sands of Pennsylvaniatroops were in Washing-tons army, and just whenWashington had given upNew York and NewJersey, the arrival of fif-teen hundred Pennsyl-vania militia enabled him to surprise the British at Trenton and Princeton. The nextyear the war came to Pennsylvania. After an unsuccessfulattempt to
. History and government of Pennsylvania. A supplement to Elementary American history and government by James Albert Woodburn and Thomas Francis Moran . ofCongress, and by CharlesThompson, the secretary,the latter a Pennsylvanian. The Middle StatesCampaign. In the battlesaround New York, thou-sands of Pennsylvaniatroops were in Washing-tons army, and just whenWashington had given upNew York and NewJersey, the arrival of fif-teen hundred Pennsyl-vania militia enabled him to surprise the British at Trenton and Princeton. The nextyear the war came to Pennsylvania. After an unsuccessfulattempt to reach Philadelphia by way of the Delaware,the British landed at the head of Chesapeake Bay, defeatedWashington at Chadds Ford on the Brandywine, and madetheir way to Philadelphia. A detachment of the British sur-prised a small force at Paoli and totally defeated it. Congressfirst moved to Lancaster and then to York and the old LibertyBell was hidden in a church in Allen town. Washington finally escaped to the north of the city and madea stand at Germantown where the battle centered around theChew Mansion. By mistake, one body of American soldiers. Chew Mansion, Germantown British troops held this house during thebattle. When the Continentals advanced,they swept past the house, giving the Britishthe opportunity to attack them from the rear. 26 ELEMENTARY HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT attacked another, and in the resulting confusion the Americanswere forced to retreat. Howe settled down in Philadelphiawhile Washington went into winter quarters at Valley Forge,on the Schuykill, about twenty-five miles northwest of the city,which was included in the Mount Joy plantation which Pennhad given to his daughter, Letitia. Here the patriot army spent the worst winter of the food, shoes, or other adequate clothing, the army wasnevertheless held together. Many times Washington despairedof the success of the cause, but never so much as in this ter-rible whiter. Meanwhile in Philadelphia
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