Dave and Tom, This is of no real importance but thought I would share this event with you. The story you told made me think of this. Many years ago on a cold winter day, when my children were little and we lived in NJ, we took our little ones to watch the Reenactment of Washington crossing the Delaware. As we stood and watched, smoke rose from many campfires, "soldier's" did soldier's duties and then quietly, "Washington" and his troop's slipped into boats and started across the river. To this day my children talk of that event and through their eyes, they view our country's history as alive and active, different than many who only open a textbook. Just doing a little woolgathering.... Brenda Jo On 01/27/99 01:51:05 you wrote: > >Hi Dave, > >Well, I finally found the information your asked me about. According to >Volume 1 of the Bucks County Historical Society, page 155, Gen. Nathaniel >Green quartered with Robert Merrick just before crossing the Deleware River. >I knew something rang a bell, but I could not recall the story, and you know >how I love the stories! > >The story is that General Washington had dinner with Gen. Greene Christmas >evening before the army crossed the Deleware River later that evening. >Hannah, the daughter of Robert Merrick served dinner to the men that evening, >and she saved the plates these famous men ate from that evening. Gen. >Nathaniel Green also gave Hannah Merrick a tea canister which was kept by the >family for many years. I believe I have seen a picture of the tea canister >somewhere, but have not located the picture. > >The home of Robert Merrick was "a few hundred yards away across the field" >from where Gen. Washington was quartered. Gen. Washington stayed with William >Keith who was located "on the road from Brownsbury near the Eagle." As I >understand the article in the Bucks County Historical Society journal, these >houses were loacted in Upper Makefield in Bucks County, Pa. > >Gen. Greene was put in charge of protecting all the boats which were Bogart's >Tavern, now Righter's at Centerville. Does anyone know where this place was? > >As you know, the British where waiting for the Deleware River to freeze solid >so they could cross the river to engage the Colonial Army, so Gen. Washington >had no choice to attack first, except to withdraw. It was said the Deleware >River saved the cause of Independence! > >Hope this helps. > >Tom > > >