Hessians

• “These are Germans, remember, not what we call Hessians; not the kind that are destined to make Pennsylvania a byword; not the kind that advance in clogs but retreat in seven-league boots.”

  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy

• “England intended to crush the colonies and hired German troops, called Hessians, in addition to her own forces.”

  George Washington

• “But Washington was already planning a raid against the German mercenaries called Hessians who were stationed in the town of Trenton.”

  A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.

• “The Hessians are a simple, kindly people, pleasant, and good tempered.”

  A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes

• “Washington's success in this affair of the surprise of the Hessians has been the cause of this unhappy change in our affairs.”

  The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77

• “Among the Mercenaries, popularly known as Hessians, employed by England against America during the war of our Revolution, was Gottfried Brückmann.”

  Margaret

• “The presence of one of the 'Hessians' at Mrs. Dumars 'house gave it much the same attraction that is attached to a menagerie.”

  The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862

• “German soldiers, commonly called "Hessians," was sent to occupy New”

  A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.

• “The German mercenaries, the "Hessians," of popular speech, are supposed to have brought it to this country.”

  Rural Hours

• “Then, interrogated by Perker, he described the tenants of the inn by their boots -- a pair of "Hessians" in 13, two pair of "halves," with six "tops.”

  Pickwickian Studies

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