. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. er 27 Punk Hill March, 8 Quintons Bridge March 18 Quibbletown February 8 and April 4 Rahway Meadows June 26, Rahway Creek September 30 Red Bank (Fort Mercer) October 22 177817781781 1777 1779 1778 1778177717791781178117801777177717781776 1777 17781780 1777178017791777177717781777 17781777 178117771777 340 NEW JERSEY AS A COLONY Second River (Belleville) September 27, 1778 Springfield December 17, 1776 Springfield , February, 1777 Springfield . October, 1779 Springfield June 23, 1780 Short Hills June 26, 1777 Somerset Court
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. er 27 Punk Hill March, 8 Quintons Bridge March 18 Quibbletown February 8 and April 4 Rahway Meadows June 26, Rahway Creek September 30 Red Bank (Fort Mercer) October 22 177817781781 1777 1779 1778 1778177717791781178117801777177717781776 1777 17781780 1777178017791777177717781777 17781777 178117771777 340 NEW JERSEY AS A COLONY Second River (Belleville) September 27, 1778 Springfield December 17, 1776 Springfield , February, 1777 Springfield . October, 1779 Springfield June 23, 1780 Short Hills June 26, 1777 Somerset Court House January 20, 1777 Spauktown (Rahway) 1777 Strawberry Hill (near Amboy) . 1777 Salt Meadows, Squan Bridge, or Inlet 1782 Toms River March 24, 1782 Tinton Falls June 11, 1779 Thompsons Bridge (Alloways Bridge) March, 1778 Trimbleys Point August or September, 1777 Trenton December 26, 1776 Trenton (See Assanpink) January 2, 1777 Weehawken August 19, 1779 Woodbridge April 19, 1777 Woodbridge July 1, 1779 Woodbridge September, 1782 Westfield March 8 and Jime, 1777. Front an iinfiiiished picture by Ben-imin West, the full title of which is . The United States CoDunisaioners ia■ •i2 to sign the Treaty of Indepea-Qce. Besides the portraits of John■iv. John Adams, and Benjamin Frank-1 there appear those of William mple Franklin (son of Benjamin) andonry Laurens, both of whom were .sent at the aiding. \.1K nICAN. PKACE CHAPTER XXI The Close of the War WHILE the practical cessation ofwar, in the siege of Yorktownand its surrender upon the 19tbof October, 1781, closed foreverthe possibilities of the renewalof strife upon the soil of New Jersey, peace andits blessings came in a somewhat negative State had borne much of the burden of thecampaigns for the control of the Hudson and theDelaware, and had been the theater of guerrillawarfare in the foothills of the Blue Mountains,in the Pines, and along the coast. From thesephysical evils New Jersey plunged
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