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General St. Clare's Quarters In The Wick House in Jockey Hollow

Appointed a Brigadier General in August of 1776, and was sent by George Washington to help organize the New Jersey militia. He took part in Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776 before the Battle of Trenton. Many biographers credit St. Clair with the strategy which led to Washington's capture of Princeton, New

Jersey. Winter headquarters in Morristown, NJ at the Wick House. The Continental Army spent that winter camped on the Wick and Kimbel Farms approximately four miles southwest of Morristown.

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Uploaded on July 8, 2011
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