 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1824 - 478 pages
...on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the...The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1824 - 524 pages
...on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the...The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 482 pages
...on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much baggage as the waggons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and to march... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 470 pages
...on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much baggage as the waggons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and to march... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1835 - 552 pages
...on a small creek, '^tween the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the...The simple object was to bring off the garrison, and march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New Jersey - 1844 - 546 pages
...made their way through some marshy ground up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the nver. We brought off as much baggage as the wagons could...strengthened by the Pennsylvania or Jersey militia, so as to be enabled to make a stand. We staid four days at Newark, collected m our outposts, with some... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New Jersey - 1844 - 554 pages
...the rest over the ferry, except some which passed at a mill on a small creek between the bridge and ferry, and made their way through some marshy ground...strengthened by the Pennsylvania or Jersey militia, so as to be enabled to make a stand. We staid four days at Newark, collected in our outposts, with... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pages
...the town oí Hackeusack, and there passed the river. We brought olí as much bnggnge as the waggons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object...was to bring off the garrison, and to march them on till they could be strengthened by the Jersey or Pennsylvania militia, so as to be enabled to make... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1856 - 704 pages
...on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much b:igt;age as the waggons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds up to the town of Hackensack, and there passed the river. We brought off as much bngsjage as the waggons could contain, the rest was lost. The simple object was to bring off the garrison,... | |
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... not choose to dispute it with us, and the greatest part of our troops went over the bridge, the rest over the ferry, except some which passed at a mill on a small creek, between the bridge and the ferry, and made their way through some marshy grounds... 
