Olden House - Princeton NJ - Field Hospitals on Waymarking.com

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"Olden House
After the Battle of Princeton, Washington stopped at this house and asked that two wounded British soldiers be cared for. The following account was written by Robert Lawrence, who was 84 years old at the time, and living at the house with his daughter Elizabeth and his son-in-law, David Olden.

(Note that the spelling and punctuation have not been corrected. The misspellings and missing punctuation are part of the original publication.)

"Almost as soon as the firing was over our house was filled and surrounded with Gen' Washington's Men, and himself on horseback at the door. They brought in with them on their Shoulders two Wounded Regulars [British soldiers], one of them was shot in at his hip and the bullet lodged in his groin, and the other was shot through his body Just below his short ribs he was in very great pain and bled much out of both sides, and often desired to be removed from one place to another, which was done Accordingly and he dyed about three o'clock in the afternoon They was both Used very tenderly by the Rebels (as they call them) The other also bled much and they put a Cloth dipt in vinegar to the wound to Stop it and three of them Stay'd with the wounded men near an hour after the Others were gone, the man that lived was left at our house above two days and one night With his Wound not drest, before the Regulars that was left to take care of the sick and wounded would take him away, though they had notice that day after the battle."

The house is often referred to as the Thomas Olden house. Thomas was David's brother. The property surrounding the house was owned by members of the Olden Family from the late 1600's to the late 1800's. The Drumthwacket house on the property was built in 1835 by Charles Smith Olden. The house was later greatly expanded by its later owner, financier Moses Taylor Pyne. Drumthwacket has been used as the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey since 1981."

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Address: Marker is in Princeton, New Jersey, in Mercer County. Marker is on Stockton Road (U.S. 206). The Olden House is on the grounds of Drumthwacket Estate. The mansion on these grounds is the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey. 344 Stockton Rd (US 206), Princeton NJ 08540 Name of War: U.S. Revolutionary War Type of Documentation: Historic Marker/Interpretive

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