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This momument marks the site of a mass grave of Continental and British troops killed during the Battle of Princeton, 1777.A view of the Clarke House from the perspective of the British lines during the Battle of princeton, 1777.John Mills, Clark House curator, Princeton, N.J.This loom from the Clarke House shows the importance of spinning to make all sorts of materials for the farm.Gear for spinning cloth, in the Clarke family farmhouse, Princeton, N.J.This bed is in another upstairs bedroom at the Clarke House. Note the rope mattress. Remember another rope mattress from an 1870s home in Strawbery Banke? A rope mattresses was in use in the Clarke home at least a hundred years earlier.One of the bedrooms in the Clarke House. Note the presence of ye olde colonial Murphy bed.This painting of the Battle of Princeton hangs in the Clarke farmhouse, which is now a museum. In the painting, American troops are placed in front of the house.Cannon balls like these were fired mostly against infantry during the battle. opposing lines were less than 100 yards, the length of a football field, apart during the fighting.Some of the American weapons recovered from the Princeton battlefield.Gen. Mercer was carried up to this room in the Clarke House, where he lingered for several days before dying from his wounds.One of the American Generals, Hugh Mercer, a transplanted Scott, was trapped behind British lines during the fighting in the Battle of Princeton in 1777. Bayoneted nine times, he was left for dead but rescued by his staff.One of the American Generals, Hugh Mercer, a transplanted Scott, was trapped behind British lines during the fighting in the Battle of Princeton in 1777. Bayoneted nine times, he was left for dead but rescued by his staff.This public domain photo shows the palisades in the background on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, seen from across the river in N.Y.At the western end of the George Washington Bridge, Fort Lee, N.J. sits atop the bluffs over the Hudson River, called the PalisadesMore on the maneuvering of troops leading up to the Battle of Princeton in 1776.British troops, including mercenary German troops called Hessians, occupied much of New Jersey in 1776. This is from the Princeton Battlied Park, Princeton, N.J.Best burger joint bar none I ever ate in. Used to go here when working ambulance nights in Jersey City, N.J.