GERMANTOWN  , a residential See also:

• DISTRICT

district and former suburb, now the Twenty-second See also:

• WARD
• WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
• WARD, ARTEMUS
• WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
• WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
• WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
• WARD, JAMES (1843– )
• WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
• WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
• WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
• WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
• WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)

Ward, of See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on Wissahickon See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek, in the N. See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia & See also:

• READING

Reading See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . There are many old colonial houses and handsome See also:

• MODERN

modern residences along See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street (the old Germantown Road or See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

Avenue) . Prominent among the historic houses is Cliveden, or the " Chew See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House," built about 1761 by See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin Chew (1722-1810), who was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief-See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of Pennsylvania in 1774–1777 and was imprisoned as a Loyalist in 1777, and whose See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home during the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Germantown (see below) was occupied by See also:

• BRITISH

British troops . The well-preserved See also:

• MORRIS
• MORRIS [MORRISON], CLARA (1849– )
• MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR (1752–1816)
• MORRIS, JOHN (1810-1886)
• MORRIS, RICHARD (1833–1894)
• MORRIS, ROBERT (1734–1806)
• MORRIS, SIR LEWIS (1833–1907)
• MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896)

Morris House (1772) was the headquarters of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the battle, and in 1793, when Germantown, owing to the yellow See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever in Philadelphia, was the temporary See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, it was occupied by See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington . Three doors above stood until 1904 the Ashmead House, used for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• ZINZENDORF, NICOLAUS LUDWIG, COUNT OF ZINZENDORF AND POTTENDORF (1700-1760)

Zinzendorf and his daughters for their Moravian school, which was removed to See also:

• BETHLEHEM
• BETHLEHEM (Heb. " House of Bread," or, according to a more questionable etymology, " of [the god] Lakhmu ")

Bethlehem . In the same street, opposite See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane, is the old Wister See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

Mansion, built as a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country-seat in 1744 and occupied by British See also:

• OFFICERS

officers during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence . In another old house (now Nos . 5275–5277), See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John Fanning See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson (1779-1860), the annalist of Philadelphia, did most of his See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• WORK

work . Just outside the ward limits, in what has since become a part of See also:

• FAIRMONT

Fairmont See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

Park, is the house in which See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• RITTENHOUSE, DAVID (1732-1796)

Rittenhouse, the astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born; it stands on Monoshore Creek or See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

Paper See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill Run, in what was See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long called Roxborough (now the 21st ward of Philadelphia) . In this vicinity the first paper mill in See also:

• AMERICA

America was erected in 1690 by a See also:

• COMPANY

company of which See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Rittenhouse, David's See also:

• GREAT

great-grandfather, was the leading member . The See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King of See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia See also:

• INN

Inn, built about 1740, and the Mermaid Hotel, as old or older, are interesting survivals of the inns and taverns of old See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German-See also:

• TOWN

town .

The Germantown See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy was built in 176o, and after the battle of Germantown was used by the British as a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . In Germantown are also a See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends' (orthodox) school, a Friends' See also:

• FREE

free library, and the Germantown See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Philadelphia public library . The first school in Germantown was established about 1701, and for the first eighteen years was under the See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master-See also:

• SHIP

ship of See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel Pastorius (1651–1719), the leaderin See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the town, who lived in a house that stood on the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present First Methodist Episcopal See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, High Street and Main Street . He compiled a primer which was the first school See also:

• BOOK

book produced in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state; with three others he drafted and signed in 1688 what seems to have been the first public protest made in America against See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery; and he is celebrated in See also:

• WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF (1807-1892)

Whittier's Pennsylvania See also:

• PILGRIM

Pilgrim . Later the same school passed to See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher See also:

• DOCK

Dock (d . 1771), who in 1770, published an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay on teaching (written in 1750), which is said to have been the first book on pedagogy published in America . The first See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible printed in America in any See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language was published in Germantown in 1743 by Christopher Sauer (d . 1758), a preacher of the German Baptist Brethren, who in 1739 established Germantown's first newspaper, The High German Pennsylvania Historian, or Collection of Important See also:

• NEWS

News from the See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom of Nature and of the Church . His grandsons are said to have See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast about 1772 the first See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing type . The Friends were the first See also:

• SECT

sect to erect a See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting-house of their own (about 1693) . The See also:

• MENNONITES

Mennonites built a See also:

• LOG (a word of uncertain etymological origin,possibly onomatopoeic; the New English Dictionary rejects the derivation from Norwegian lag, a fallen tree)

log meeting-house in 1709, and their present See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone church was built in 1770 . The town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall of Germantown was used as a hospital during the last three years of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil-War .

In See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

Market Square a soldiers' See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument was erected in 1883 . The Site and Relic Society of Germantown maintains a museum of See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics . Many of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early settlers were See also:

• LINEN

linen weavers, and Germantown still manufactures textiles, knit goods and yarns . Germantown was founded in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1683 by thirteen families from See also:

• CREFELD, or KREFELD

Crefeld, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius . The township, as originally laid out, contained four distinct villages known as Germantown, Cresheim, Sommerhousen and Crefield . Cresheim was later known 'as See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

• AIRY, SIR GEORGE BIDDELL (1801-1892)

Airy, and Sommerhousen and Crefield became known as See also:

• CHESTNUT (nux Castanea)

Chestnut See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill . The See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Germantown was incorporated in 1689 . For many years it was a straggling See also:

• VILLAGE

village extending about 2 M. along Main Street . Its growth was more rapid from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In 1789 a See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion for the permanent location of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national capital at Germantown was carried in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, and the same measure passed the House, amended only with respect to the temporary See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the ceded district; but the Senate killed the See also:

• BILL

bill by voting to postpone further See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration of it until the next session . Germantown was annexed to Philadelphia in 1854 . Battle of Germantown.—This famous encounter in the American War of Independence was fought on the 4th of October 1777 .

After the battle of See also:

• BRANDYWINE

Brandywine (q.v.) and the occupation of Philadelphia, the British force commanded by See also:

• SIR

Sir W . Howe encamped at Germantown, where Washington determined to attack them . The Americans advanced by two roads, General See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan leading the See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column on the right and General See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene that on the See also:

• LEFT

left . Washington himself accompanied Sullivan, with whom were See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling (an officer who claimed to be See also:

• EARL

earl of that name) and See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• WAYNE, ANTHONY (1745-1796)

Wayne . The right at first met with success, See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the British advanced troops back on the main See also:

• BODY

body near the Chew House . See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• MUSGRAVE, SAMUEL (1732-1780)

Musgrave, of the 4oth See also:

• FOOT

Foot, threw a portion of his See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment into this house, and General See also:

• AGNEW, DAVID HAYES (1818–1892)

Agnew came up with his command . The Americans under Stirling attempted to dislodge Musgrave, thus losing time and alarming part of Sullivan's advance who had pushed farther forward in the See also:

• FOG

fog . General Greene on the left was even less fortunate . Meeting with unexpected opposition at the first point of attack his troops were thrown into confusion and compelled to See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat . One of his brigades extended itself to the right wing, and by opening See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire on the Chew House caused Wayne to retreat, and presently both of the American columns retired rapidly in the direction of their See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . The surprise had failed, with the loss to Washington's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of 673 men as against 500 on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the British . The British General Agnew and the American General See also:

• NASH, RICHARD (1674-1762)

Nash were both mortally wounded .

In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December Washington went into See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter quarters at Valley Forge, 40 M. See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of Philadelphia . The British wintered in and around the city . See N . H . Keyser, " Old Historic Germantown," in the Proceedings and Addresses of the Pennsylvania-German Society (See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster . 1906) ; S . W . Pennypacker, The See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

Settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Beginning of German See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

Emigration to See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North America (Philadelphia, 1899), and S . F . Hotchkin, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient and Modern Germantown, Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, 1889) .