Abstract
Map shows the area around Bordentown and Lewis Mill, New Jersey. Published in a 1979 English language translation of the diary of a Hessian officer Ewald, Johann von. Diary of the American War : a Hessian Journal / translated and edited by Joseph P. Tustin. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1979, p. 125 from a 1791 transcription of notes and sketches found in the original diary (Tagebuch von dem Amerikanischen Kriege). The original map, only one of three contemporary views of Valley Forge known to exist, includes the page number on which it occurs in the 1791 transcription.
Description Long
The mill of Lieutenant Colonel William Lewis is shown on Black's Creek in the lower part of the plan. Bordentown appears in the lower right-hand corner, with references to the direction of the drawbridge and the location of two 6-pounders along the bank of the Delaware River. The roads above lead to Black Horse (now Columbus), Bustleton, and Burlington. Ewald's plan shows Captain von Wreden quartered at the Field Tavern ("Miss Witfield house"), with two 3-pounders mounted in a work below to cover the river.
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