The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-07-31


pected 10 return for it sometime, lint The
chances of war, or leaving the country, pre-
vented From that time 10 this the natives
have dug all over the hill FOR the money, hop
ing hut never having found it
The United States Government has recently |
donated cor loanedh to Newhope eannons and
cannon balls 10 set up IN the borough as
memorials of the vents Which occurred here
in the DAYS Of ID Perhaps asa result of this
day pilgrimage The Sons of the Reselu-
ton may also deem us worthy of beiug
marked hN them with one or more memorial
tablets
jericho Hill ioius Bowmans It'll, and III
addition TO the interest given iA from having
had the quarters II the DISTINGUISHED officers,
previously named, quartered about il the
crest of the hill Was cleared and used as a
signal station, by our army, ami, being in
winter AMI the trees leatless, the various gen-
erals easily communicated with each other
NJ and down the river from this poiut. And
here IN connection with the Delaware river.
might mention the interesting fact tlHt
further up, near Port iervis, there Is rorl.
standing ON which You can at one and the
same time, he i'll the three States of fennsyl-
yania, New York and New jerseyl with enc
foot or one hand covering the spot where the
three States Join aud come together
have endeayored 10 picture Ia You the SIT
nation here in the times which tried
mems souls and that they were most
irving is evidenced i'll many WAYS the hard
ships and suilcriugs endured by uur patriot
sires i'll ta36 at "Coryets Ferry" and along
the banks of the Delaware River being II III
preparatory school for their later and longer
experience IN 1s777-l77s at Valley Forge
The winter Of tif6 was an exceptionally severe
one, the whole face et the country was
covered with lee and SNOW, the air was keen
and biting aud the men insuficientlN clothed
and badly protected i'll their tents. Major
Enon Williams of the First PENNSYLVANIA
Rifle, stationed ut Nicely Thompson Farm-
house, wrote December II, l176, that many of
his men We're haretootcd, and General WASH
ington wrote Ia Congress from his hcadquar
ers AT "keith's" on December 1T, Eft, asking
its help and stating many of hls troops were
almost naked aud most of them unfit for SER
vice He also appealed to The Bucks
County Committee of Safety" for old clothes
and blankets for the soldiers. which tho cont
mttce furnished and received his written
thanks
OF all the actors III these stirring scenes. not
one survives to-day, but the Delaware beside
us, noble river, as the Founder Penn leSerlh-
ed it, still flows ON it's tireless course to the
sea rs il did in their time, mute reminder OF
the acts aud deeds performed on It's banks,
and which have made their names aud their
memories impershnbe In taking leave of
NV subject might add that history, dealing
only with plain fucts, sometimes Incomes dull
and prndy but the annals Of the Revolution
breathe the very atmosphere of poetry, re-
nance aud history combined, and thourh
their recital must ever he but the old, old
story of II patriotism unsurpassed vet to each
succeeding generation il comes with an added
freshness and interest and INTO WILLING eafa
are poured these tales NJ long ago
The Captain Randolph mentioned earlier IN
this paper owner Of an ancient stene house
on The Old York Road, marking It historic
spot III tile borough, was II brave and gallant
officer III the Revolutionary Mar, abuut Nhem
much might he written As previously noted,
as First Lieutenant III Colonel William But
lers Fourth PENNSYLVANIA Regiment Cont
mental Army, he commanded the outlying
guard at The Massacre OF paoll," where hc
was desperately wounded and left upon the
| field for dead Doctor STILES Mnior Gon,.-
raj Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line men
tions that Colonel WIiam Buffers Fourth
or fin. ..,,,,,,,, n, paaI, nt IN ,l,,
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william, nntlo,,s Ro,im,nt ,nJ tb,s,,,ni..inn
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thoi tb, of,c,r VIVA F,rs, I.iont.nan, Edward
+ lnudolph who later In life dropped the
uae of i" - IN las MANN Ibas. fo.,s= v,.r,,
well known IN u,ost old pLiloa.lu,,inns an
,ludiug thu. l,t. .JnI,n Jorlnn /, Faa prcsi-
don't nr ,l,,. ui.,,r,c,1 s,,.i,ty az p..,ns,t,,-
min, y nul ,,,. nls, ,o,i,.d in TIA. - iy.s ar
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unarlv ,ft,. v,,,s ,,,,, Gsto1 oet,,,t,.I nnlv Gv
untrio,ie ,natiyes
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,,nnt,v vitbnut INV md ,vI,., Gny,.,nor
Gorwin Of Ohio rybnse wife was Sar,I Ram
dnlnh Hos,} Lecnr,. connected VIII tho RIM
dolul, fa,ilv mud duriog Lis t,.r, ,f ot,i,,. NJ
S.rr.tnrv nf tb. Tnited St,t.s ,r,aosurv nm
der President fillmore he ou div.ra orcaaiona
informed Contn,n Haudolnh,s cbiIdr,n fiat
tb,y eould ensily obtain ,,is hocl INV If thev
uished. hnt tbev of courso ncv.r ,yonIJ no.
cent vbnt tb.ir tntl,cr from hipl nntriotic
motives Ind declin,d
Two ot Gaptain uandnInl,,t ,tandaens
General Wallace, T. nnudoIt,, aud Maior nd.
wards EnuJolph Parry. both officers of fine
rcpulnr army. served tI,ro,,pb tn, whole of
th, lnte civil Wnr and boil, were broyoted for
ghlihhtfy
One Of Captain l.tndolph's swords is stlll
IL, viat.nco i, III ,,ua,,a, Ia. tro,gn,.d ,,pas.a
- N''.o,'," ''n' "''k wv ,i'"7''s' '','','
Hl"iih u MS EI'ht-fihhdS'h' INhH h'ihHoiIil'
oi fhilhaeiphi"' and an old SILVER spoon uHod
by hun IN camp and marked with has lnltlnls
ana crest, has come handed down 10 the writ