The infatuation of the enemy saved the Americans when they retreated
across the Delaware, p. 150. General Washington crosses into the
Jerseys, defeats a body of Hessians at Trenton, and returns to
Pennsylvania, p. 152. Returns to Trenton, p. 154—deceives lord
Cornwallis; marches for Princeton; and there attacks the fourth British
brigade, p. 156—proceeds to Morristown, while Cornwallis hastens back to
Brunswick with all speed, p. 159. Acts of congress and their
instructions to their ministers, p. 163. Their resolves for supporting
the credit of their paper emissions, and making the same a lawful
tender, p. 163. The enormities of the royal troops in the Jerseys and at
New-York, p. 165. The whole country of the Jerseys rendered hostile by
means of them, p. 166. The American troops guilty of great plundering,
p. 168. The American stores at Peek’s-kill destroyed by the British, p.
170. The states attempt the regulating of prices, p. 171. The treatment
of the American prisoners at New-York, p. 172—the consequences of it, p.
175. The American cruisers make considerable captures, p. 176.