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WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE.
PAINTED BY EMANUEL LEUTZE, ESQ.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE.
The event which the painter of this noble picture has undertaken
to portray and to honor, was one of the most important and daring of
those efforts, one of the severest of those trials, which marked the
struggle of our forefathers for Independence. It hardly yields in im
portance to the battle of Saratoga, or the surrender at Yorktown ;
for had this daring attempt been unsuccessful, that last and crowning
triumph would never have taken place.
It was at the gloomiest time of the long, the weary, and unequal strife
with the gigantic power of England, that the passage of the Delaware took
place. The darkest hour of that protracted night of peril had then
overshadowed the noble spirits who held in their keeping the welfare
of their country — the freedom of the world ; but they quailed not, for
he who was their leader stood firm, and, amid all their peril, hopefully
before them ; and resting, under God, on his unequalled wisdom and
fortitude, they then saw that the deepest night does indeed foretell the
coming day, for the dawn of their liberty — dim, rayless, almost chilling,
but still dawn — soon struggled through the gloom upon their aching
sight. The month of December, of 17*76, found the American forces on the
Pennsylvania side of the Delaware, a little above Trenton, where
the main body of the enemy were encamped. The river here is not
quite half a mile wide, and was at this time considered impassable

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on account of the vast quantity of ice, which was driven along in rug
ged masses upon its rapid current. Those who have not seen a large
and rapid northern river in the depth or the close of winter, ere it has
become firmly frost bound, can have no idea of the terrible force with
which the huge blocks and fields of ice sweep down it, grinding, crush
ing, and piling one upon the other, with a sound which seems like harsh
and prolonged thunder. To attempt a passage at such a time, seems like
a courting of destruction ; but by the hardy boat-men who are always
found upon the banks of such rivers, they are occasionally crossed at
the most favorable opportunities, in a strong and lightly laden b.ofet.
Oars can be of but little use ; and the passage is effected almost alto
gether by the boat-hook. The boat-man, who is shod in boots armed with
sharp iron spikes, is quite as often out of his imperilled little craft as in
it, standing upon the moving ice through which he pushes, or over which
he drags it. This mode of transit the observer will find represented,
with accuracy and spirit, in the picture before him. The Delaware is
>¦ passed in this manner, even at the present day ; but though under fa
vorable circumstances a boat containing three or four persons is taken
across, the passage of a large body of men in a short space of time
would even now be considered impossible; we should rather say it
would have been, for Washington has taught us not to believe in im
possibilities. The army, at the time of the passage, was in a wretched and unpro
vided condition ; suffering from sickness, from want of food, clothing and
shelter, and in a fitter state for the closest of winter quarters and the care
of the hospital, than the encounter of hardships, exposure and danger. It
was ready to disband, and once scattered ; its re-union seemed impossible.
This the British commander well knew ; and regarding the approach of
the Americans as impossible as if a solid wall as high as heaven stood
between him and his enemy, he rested in unsuspecting quiet, amid all
the comforts which his superior advantages enabled him to procure.
But for Washington there was no rest; danger could not intimidate,
difficulty but stimulated him ; and to protracted trial and fatigue
he opposed an endurance of mind and body which seemed inexhausti
ble. Those who were with him were worthy of him. He knew that
he could rely upon their truth of heart and their intelligent determina
tion, in spite of the discontent which their overtasked human nature
had occasionally manifested ; his sagacious eye saw that upon the pas
sage of that river depended the present, perhaps the future fate of the

DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE. 6
whole enterprise committed to his hands, and he determined to pass it,
He! did so ; and how, and to what end, the page of history tells. ¦
To the artist is given but one moment of such an achievement for
representation upon his canvass, though the stirring remembrance of
the whole action may inspire his pencil. The present scene shows us
the undertaking hopefully commenced but not yet sure of its accom
plishment. In the midst of a storm of snow and sleet the first embark
ation has been made ; the advance of the army is seen in several, boats
stretching far into the distant twilight, and in the leading boat, with his
eye fixed calmly upon the desired shore, stands the Father of his Coun
try. His attitude is earnest, determined, but in the excitement of the
scene losing nothing of that unapproachable dignity, that air of benign
supremacy, which was the striking characteristic of his presence. In
his face no struggle is visible. Care and trial havermade it sad ; the day
and the hour make it anxious ; but in its noble lineaments, feeble inde
cision and flattering apprehension seek in vain for a resting place.
Unyielding purpose sits firmly thronedupon those lips ; far seeing sa- ,
¦gacity looks out undoubtingly beneath that thoughtful brow. It is the
man prepared for any fate, but trusting in himself, his cause, and Hea
ven for the victory. He was at this time forty-four years of age, in
the full ripeness of his vigorous manhood, the perfect maturity of his
well poised mind.
Behind him, supporting the flag which since has been borne, the
ensign of liberty, throughout the world, stand two figures ; one an
officer in the prime of youth, the other an old and weatherbeaten man
in coarse attire ; for in those days youth and age, the gently nurtured
and the humbly born, stood shoulder to shoulder in the good cause.
The first is Col. Monroe, afterwards fifth President of the United
States, whose face will be reeognized by all who are familiar with his
portraits. At the feet of his Commander-in-Chief, in a blue cloak, sits
Gen. Green, one of the noblest and ablest officers of the Revolution*
peering anxiously over the side into the gray and cheerless dawn ; and
among his historical figures the painter has not forgotten to introduce
Washington's faithful negro servant, who never left the General's
side, and whose devoted and intelligent attachment was so highly prized
by his kind-hearted master. The faithful black, seated in the bows
beside a man whose physiognomy as well as his bonnet proclaim him
of Scotch descent, tugs at an almost useless oar. "Whether the artist
has been able to give us a portrait of him, as well as of Washis&ton,,

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Green, and Monroe, we are not able to say ; certain we are, that
many a less worthy, though whiter face, has been handed down to pos
terity. In the stern of the boat, by the side of an officer, sit two soldiers,
one of whom bears the weapon whose deadly aim is dreaded, now as
then, the world over, — the American rifle. In the wan, weary, almost
wof ul faces of these poor fellows, we read a tale of suffering and. priva
tion which would be heart-sickening, were it not that we look there in
vain for any tokens of a spirit crushed, or a purpose broken. In the
midst of their sickness and misery they know no thoughts of submission ;
they dream not of purchasing health and comfort at the price of inde
pendence. If at first they lacked this spirit in themselves, they have
long since imbibed it from their leader. Such in character, and alas !
in too many instances, such in condition • were the daring spirits who
crossed the Delaware to win the battle of Trenton. ., E. G. VV,

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WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE,

HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES.

[From Botta's History of the War of Independence.*']
Fortune had shown herself so hostile to America towards the con
clusion of the present year, as to render it too probable that two or
three cold nights, by freezing the waters of the Delaware, would
place in the power of the English, in spite of all the Americans could
do to prevent it, the capital of the entire confederation. And even
if the cold should not prove so rigorous as was usual in this season,
the army of Washington, already so weak, would be dissolved with
the expiration of the engagement of the soldiers, at the end of the
year. Nor could it be expected, that in so much adversity new re
cruits would come forward to replace the disbanded troops. In this
state of things, the best that could be expected was, that after the
entire submission of the more open provinces, the miserable frag
ments of the American army would seek refuge in the strongest
places, in the forests and inaccessible mountains, when a partizan war
would commence, that could have no decisive effect upon the final
issue of the war. But Washington was not discouraged ; and before
the coming of severe frost, or the departure of the greater part of
his soldiers deprived him of all power, he resolved, by a bold and
well directed movement, to make a n'ew trial of the fortune of the
republic, by attacking a strong and victorious enemy, who was far
from suspecting that he could have the thought of such an attempt —
an heroic resolution, for which posterity ought to bear him an eter
nal gratitude. From this moment, the war suddenly assumed a
new face, and victory began at length to incline in favor of the Amer
icans. * New Haven, N. Whitney, publisher.

D WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE.
Washington had observed that General Howe, either to procure
more commodious quarters for his troops in this rigorous season, or
to impede the Americans in returning, or finally because he believed
the war at an end, and his enemy no longer in a condition to act, had
too far extended the wings of his army, which occupied the entire
province of New Jersey, and the left bank of the Delaware from
Trenton down to Burlington. Colonel Ralle, a Hessian officer of
great merit, was cantoned in the first of these places, with his bri
gade of infantry and a detachment of English dragoons, the whole
constituting a corps of fourteen or fifteen hundred men. Borden-
town, a few miles below, was occupied by Colonel Donop, with
another brigade of Hessians ; and still lower down within twenty
miles of Philadelphia was stationed another corps of Hessians and
English. Knowing the extreme weakness of their enemy, and hold
ing him as it were degraded by his recent defeats, they kept a negli
gent guard. The rest of the army was lodged in places more dis
tant, and principally at Princeton, New Brunswick, and at Amboy.
Washington having attentively considered the extent of the enemy's
quarters, conceived the hope of surprising the corps that were nearest
to the river, and too remote from the others to be succored in season.
In order to make his attack with more order and effect, he divided
his army, which consisted almost entirely in the militia of Pennsyl
vania and Virginia, into three corps, the first and most considerable
of which was to pass the Delaware at M'Konkey's Ferry, about
nine miles above Trenton. The Commander-in-chief, accompanied
by Generals Sullivan and Greene, had reserved to himself the con
duct of this corps, to which a few pieces of artillery were attached.
It was destined to attack Trenton. The second division, under the
command of General Irwin, was directed to cross at Trenton Ferry,
about a mile below the village of this name, and having reached the
left bank, to seize without loss of time, the bridge over the little
river Assumpink, in order to intercept the retreat of the enemy,
when he should be dislodged from Trenton by the division under
Washington. Finally, the third corps, commanded by General Cadwallader, was
ordered to pass the river at Bristol, and proceed to take post at Bur
lington. The night of Christmas' was appointed for the expedition.
The dispositions being made according to the plan above mentioned,
the Americans proceeded with admirable order and silence towards
the Delaware. The chiefs exhorted their soldiers to be firm and

WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE. 7
valiant, to wash out the stains of Long Island, of New York, and of
New Jersey ; they represented to them the necessity, the glory, and
the brilliant fruits of victory ; they incessantly reminded them that
this night was about to decide the fate of their country. An ex
treme ardor manifested itself throughout the ranks. The three
columns arrived in the dusk of evening at the banks of the river.
Washington had hoped that the passage of the troops, and transpor
tation of the artillery, might have been effectuated before midnight,
so as to have time to reach the destined points by break of day,, and
to surprise the enemy at Trenton. But the cold was so intense, and
the river so obstructed with floating ice, that it was impossible to
cross, and to land the artillery earlier than four in the morning. All
the troops having at length gained the left bank, the first corps was
parted into two divisions, one of which, turning to the right, marched
towards Trenton, by the road which runs along, the river ; the other
guarded by Washington in person, took the upper or Pennington
road. The distance, by this route, being nearly equal, it was hoped
that the two columns might arrive at the same time. It was enjoined
them to engage in combat without delay, and after having driven in
the outposts, to fall immediately upon the main body of the enemy
at Trenton, without giving him time to recover from his surprise.
They exerted all their efforts to arrive before day ; but a thick fog,
and a mist, mingled with sleet, which rendered the road slippery,
retarded their march. The two divisions, however, reached Trenton
at eight o'clock. Notwithstanding so many obstacles, and the hour
already so late, the Hessians of Colonel Ralle had no suspicion of
the approach of the enemy.
¦ The Americans having, therefore, fallen unexpectedly upon the
advanced guards, routed them immediately. Colonel Ralle sent his
regiment to their succor, in order to sustain the first shock, and to
give time for the rest of his forces to arrange themselves for defence.
But the first line involved the second in disorder, and both fell back
tumultuously upon Trenton. Colonel Ralle, having hastily drawn
out his Hessians, advanced to encounter the enemy in the open field ;
but he was mortally wounded in the first onset, and the Americans
charging the Germans with great fury, the latter betook themselves
to flight, leaving upon the field six pieces of light artillery. They
attempted to escape by the road of Princeton, but Washington, per
ceiving it, dispatched several companies to pre-occupy the way, who
received the fugitives in front. Thus surrounded on every side, the

8 WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE.
three German regiments of Ralle, of Anspach, and of Knyphausen,
were constrained to lay down arms and surrender at discretion.
Some few, and chiefly cavalry or light infantry, in all not exceeding
five hundred men, succeeded in effecting their escape by the lower
road which leads to Bordentown. Another detachment of Hessians,
who were out this same morning upon a foraging excursion, at some
distance from their camp, warned by the noise, and afterwards by
the flight, of their countrymen, retired precipitately to Princeton.
General Irwin had exerted his utmost endeavors to pass the river at
the time prescribed, in order to take part in the action ; but the
floating ice was so accumulated, in this part of the river, as to render
the passage absolutely impracticable.
This part of the Hessians, therefore, had the facility of retiring in
safety to Bordentown. General Cadwalader was not more fortunate
in the attempt he made to cross lower down, and to take post at
Burlington, pursuant to the plan of attack. When a part of his in
fantry had reached the left bank, it was found impossible to advance
with the artillery ; unable, therefore, to act with any effect, and find
ing himself in a perilous situation, he repassed to the right bank of
the Delaware. Thus the design of the Commander-in-chief was ac
complished only in part ; but the event demonstrated that if the
rigorous cold of this night, had not prevented its entire execution,
all the royal troops that were stationed in the vicinity of the river,
would have been surrounded and taken. The loss of the Hessians,
in killed and wounded, amounted only to thirty or forty, but the
number of prisoners was at first upwards of nine hundred, and even
exceeded a thousand, when all those were collected who had con
cealed themselves in the houses. After having obtained this success,
Washington paused ; not willing to lose by imprudence the advan
tages he owed to the wisdom of his measures.

[From Sparks' Life of George Washington.*]
At length General Washington resolved to hazard the bold ex
periment of recrossing the Delaware, and attacking the enemy on
their own ground. At Trenton were three regiments of Hessians,
amounting to about fifteen hundred men, and a troop of British light
horse. Small detachments were stationed at Bordentown, Burling.
* Boston, Charles fappan, publisher.

WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE. 'J
ton, Black Horse, and Mount Holly. These latter posts were to be
assaulted by Cadwalader, who was to cross near Bristol, while Wash
ington should cross above Trenton, and Ewing a little below, and
unite in the attack upon the Hessians in that place. The night of
the 25th of December was fixed on for making the attempt.
At dusk, the Continental troops selected for the service, and com
manded by General Washington in person, amounting to two thou
sand four hundred, men, with twenty pieces of artillery, began to
cross at M'Konkey's Ferry, nine miles above Trenton, and it was
supposed they would all be passed over by twelve o'clock ; but the
floating ice retarded the boats so much, that it was almost four
o'clock in the morning before the whole body, with the artillery,
was landed on the opposite bank of the river ready to march. The
troops were then formed in two divisions. One of these, command
ed by General Sullivan, marched in the road near the river ; and
the other, led by General Greene, moved down a road further to the
left, called the Pennington road. General Washington was with this
division. The roads entered the town at different points, and as the
distance by each was nearly the same, it was intended that the
attacks should begin simultaneously. At eight o'clock the left divi
sion fell in with the enemy's advanced guard, and almost at the same
instant" a firing was heard on the right, which showed that the other
division had arrived. They both pushed forward into the town,
meeting with little opposition, except from two or three pieces of
artillery, which were soon taken. The Hessians, being driven from
the town and hard pressed, made a show of retreating towards
Princeton, but were checked by a body of troops sent to intercept
them. Finding themselves surrounded, and seeing no other way of
escape, they all surrendered prisoners of war.
The number of prisoners was twenty-three officers and eight hun
dred and eighty-six privates. Others were found concealed in houses,
making in the whole about a thousand. The British light horse, and
four or five hundred Hessians, escaped at the beginning of the action
over the bridge across the Assumpink, and fled to Bordentown.
Six brass field pieces and a thousand stand of arms were the tro
phies of victory. Colonel Rahl, the Hessian commander, and a gal
lant officer, was mortally wounded. ' Six other pieces and between
twenty and thirty men were killed. The American loss was two
privates killed and two others frozen to death. Captain William
Washington, distinguished as an officer of cavalry at a later period

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of the war, and Lieutenant Monroe, afterwards President of the
United States, were wounded in a brave and successful assault upon
the enemy's artillery. The fact, that two men died by suffering from
cold, is a proof of the intense severity of the weather. It snowed
and hailed during the whole march.

[From the Writings of George Washington, by Jared Sparks.*]
" To the President of Congress :
Head- Quarter Sj Newtown, 27 th Dec., 1776.
" Sir, — I have the pleasure of congratulating you upon the success
of an enterprise which I had formed' against a detachment of the
enemy lying in Trenton, and which was executed yesterday morning.
The evening of the 25th I ordered the troops intended for this ser
vice to parade back of M'Konkey's Ferry, that they might begin to
pass as soon as it grew dark, imagining we should be able to throw
them all over with the necessary artillery, by twelve o'clock, and
that we might easily arrive at Trenton by five in the morning, the
distance being about nine miles. But the quantity of ice, made that
night, impeded the passage of the boats so much that it was three
o'clock before the artillery could all be got over ; and near four
before the troops took up their line of march. This made me des
pair of surprising the town, as I well knew we could not reach it
before the day was fairly broke. But as I was certain there was no
making a retreat without being discovered and harrassed on repass
ing the river, I determined to push on at all events. I formed my
detachment into two divisions, one to march by the lower or' river
road, the other by the upper or Pennington road. As the divisions
had nearly the same distance to march, I ordered each of them, im
mediately upon forcing the out-guards, to push directly into the town,
that they might charge the enemy before they had time to form.
" The upper division arrived at the enemy's advanced post exactly
at eight o'clock ; and in three minutes after, I found, from the fire
on the lower road, that the division had also got up. The out-guards
made but small opposition, though for their numbers they behaved
very well, keeping up a constant retreating fire from behind houses.
We presently saw their main body formed ; but from their motions,
* Boston, Ferdinand Andrews, publisher.

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they seemed undetermined how to act. Being hard pressed by our
troops, who had already got possession of their artillery, they at
tempted to file off by a road on their right leading to Princeton.
But perceiving their intention, I threw a body of troops in their
way, which immediately checked them. Finding from our disposi
tion, that they were surrounded, and that they must inevitably be
cut to pieces if they made any further resistance, they agreed to lay
down their arms. The number that submitted in this manner was
twenty-three officers and eight hundred and eighty-six men. Colonel
Rahl, the commanding officer, and seven others were found wounded
in the town. I do not exactly know how many were killed ; but I
fancy not above twenty or thirty, as they never made any regular
stand. Our loss is very trifling indeed, only two officers and ohe or
two privates wounded.
I find that the detachment of the enemy consisted of three Hes
sian regiments of Anspach, Knyphausen, and Rahl, amounting to
about fifteen hundred men, and a troop of British light horse; but
immediately upon the beginning of the attack, all those, who were
not killed or taken, pushed directly down the road towards Borden
town. These would likewise have fallen into our hands, could my
plan have been completely carried into execution. General Ewing
was to have crossed before day at Trenton Ferry, and taken posses
sion of the bridge leading out of town; but the quantity of ice was
so great that, though he did everything in his power to effect it, he
could not get over. This difficulty also hindered General Cadwala-
der from crossing with the Pennsylvania militia from Bristol. He
got part of his foot over ; but finding it impossible to embark his
artillery, he was obliged to desist. I am fully confident that could
the troops under Generals Ewing and Cadwalader have passed the
river, I should have been able with their assistance to drive the
enemy from all their posts below Trenton. But the numbers I had
with me being inferior to theirs below me, and a strong battalion of
light infantry being at Princeton above me, I thought it most pru
dent to return the same evening with the prisoners and the artillery
we had taken. We found no stores of any consequence in the town.*
* By a letter from General Cadwalader, dated at Bristol, it would seem that he
made every exertion in his power to cross over, " the river was so full of ice," he
observes " that it was impossible to pass above Bristol where I intended ; and
therefore I concluded to make an attempt at Dunk's Ferry. As soon as it was
dark, I sent down all the boats I could muster, and-marched down about eight

12 WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE.
" In justice to the officers and men, I must add, that their behavior
upon this occasion reflects the highest honor upon them. The diffi
culty of passing the river in a very severe night, and their march
through a violent storm of snow and -hail, did not in the least abate
their ardor ; but when they came to the charge each seemed to vie
, with the other in pressing forward ^ and were I to give a preference
to any particular corps, I should do great injustice to the others.
Colonel Baylor, my first Aid-de-camp, will have the honor of deliv
ering this to you ; and from him yon may be made acquainted with
many other particulars. His spirited behavior upon every occasion
requires me to recommend him to your particular notice. 1 have
the honor to be, &c.
o'clock. I embarked a few men to line the river, and prevent any persons from
escaping to give intelligence to the enemy ; and these were followed by a part of
the first battalion of militia, then two field pieces, with which I went over to see
if it was practicable to land them, and upon examination I found it was impossible,
the ice beiDg very thick. Upon proposing this to the field-officers they were all of
opinion, that it would not be proper to proceed without cannon. During this time
the third battalion was landed. "We concluded to withdraw the troops, that had
passed, but could not effect it till near four o'clock in the morning. "The whole
then were ordered to march for Bristol. I imagine the badness of the night must
have prevented you from passing over as you intended." — MS. Letter, December
26th.

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14. Mount Fern <m— Residence of Gen. Wash
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15. .. Tomb of Washington
16. Natural Bridge, Virginia
17. Niagara Falls, General View from Ameri
can side
18. . . The Rapids
19. ... American. Falls, (from Clifton
House)
20. . . Horse Shoe Fall
21. .. American Falls, (from Table
Rock)
22. .. Horse Shoe Fall
23. .. General View, from Canada
side
24. . . Suspension Bridge
25. Saratoga, View in the Villace
26. .. United States Hotel

27. Saratoga, High Rock, Iodine, and Empire
Springs
28. . . Pavilion Fountain
39. . . Congress Spring
30. . . Saratoga Lake
31. Washington, The White House
32. .. Capitol, (East View)
33. . . Senate Chamber
34. . . Chamber of Representatives
35. . . Capitol, (West View)
36. . . General Post Office
37.'JVeu> York, Bay and Narrows
38. .. Grace Church
39. Albany, General View
40. . . City Hall
41. Troy, General View
42. . . Court House
43. JVew York. General View, (from Governor's
Island)
44. .. Broadway
45. . . City Hall
46. . . General View, (from Brooklyn)
47. . . Wall Street
48. . . Staten Island
49. Canada, Quebec and Fort
50. _ Montmorency Falls
51. . . Kingston
52. . . Thousand Islands
53. .. Montreal
54. . . Toronto

23P" Each View may be had separately.
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GENERAL VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS.
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WASHINGTON AT MOUNT~TeRNON— " THE FARMER."
Painted by Stearns.
DANIEL BOONE EMIGRATING TO THE WEST.
Painted by Bingham.
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