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Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne

Andrew Sherburne (1765–1831), 1831

Named on the page for Battle of Princeton.

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Passages that name the battle; the whole book is at Internet Archive.

3 January 1777

Battle of Princeton

ANDREW SHERBURNE. 249
From the Great Valley I returned to Philadelphia; bid an affectionate farewell to my friends, and took the steam-boat for Bordentown. We then took the stage,, passed through Trenton and Princeton to New-Bruns wick, where my company took the steam-boat, and I called on elder Daniel Dodge and Dr. Livingston. Mr. Dodge gave me a dollar, and Dr. Livingston three,

APPENDIX. 295
The following letter will be read with deep interest, by every one who feels the least sympathy for the heroes of the Revolution. It details in part the most gloomy campaign during our struggles for independence, while it will enable the historian to record what ought long ago to have been recorded, that at the most gloomy hour oi our Revolution, at the close of 1776, our country was saved, and saved by Rhode-Island valor. The brilliant affairs at Princeton and Trenton, in the depth of winter, were mainly achieved by Col. Lippitt's regiment; and General Washington, at the time acknowledged it ; yet so sparing has the historian been of his praises, that we do not remember that he has conde scended to mention the part the Rhode-Island troops took in those battles.

BENJAMIN COWELL, ESQ. —
Lord Cornwallis was on the inarch from Princeton, with, as it wus said, ten thousand men, to beat up our quarters.

PROVIDENCE, NOVEMBER 24, 1830.
Philip Martin who entered as a Sergeant in this Regiment and was promoted to the office of Ensign, and carried the colors of the Regiment, in the action at Princeton, was at the time of his death a State Senator.

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