Around an Old Homestead

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Explanatory Notes

• The "College of New Jersey" became Princeton University in 1896.
• Nassau Hall was hosting the entire American government at the time (1783).
• George Washington was also there to accept the congratulations of the Congress of the Confederation for having successfully terminated the American Revolution.
• "...grandmother..." refers to Esther Phillips (1802-1888).
• General Winfield Scott (1786-1866) had married Maria Dehart Mayo (1789-1862) on March 11, 1817.
• The Battle of Lundy's Lane, fought in present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario, on July 25, 1814, was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Canada.
• "Grandfather" is Paul C. Huston (1797-1876).
• The "return of horseback overland" was along the Natchez Trace between Natchez and Nashville.