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Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)
Life of George Washington Vol 3 - Classic Reprint Author:Washington Irving The news of Washington's recrossing the Delaware, and of his subsequent achievements in the Jerseys, had not reached London on the 9th of January. " The affairs of America seem to be drawing to a crisis,'" writes Edmund Burke. " The Howes are at this time in possession of, or able to awe the whole middle coast of America, from Delaware to the we... more »stern boundary of Massachusetts Bay; the naval barrier on the side of Canada is broken. A great tract is open for the supply of the troops; the river Hudson opens a way into the heart of the provinces, and nothing can, in all probability, prevent an early and offensive campaign. What
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Burke oil the State of Affairs in America-New Jersey Housed to Arms -Washington grunts Sale Conduct to Hessian Convoys-Encampment at Morristovm-Putnam at Princeton-ITis Stratagem to Conceal the Weakness of his Camp - Exploit of Ceneral Dickinson near Somerset Court House-Wa-hingtou's Counter Proclamation-Prevalence of the Smallpox-Inoculation of the Army-Contrast of the British and American Commanders and their Camps, 1; CHAPTER II; Negotiations for Exchange of Prisoners-Case of Colonel Ethan Allen- Of General Lee-Correspondence of Washington with Sir William Howe about Exchanges of Prisoners-Referees Appointed-Letters of Lee from New York-Case of Colonel Campbell-Washginton's Advice to Congress on the Subject of Retaliation-His Correspondence with Lord Howe about the Treatment of Prisoners-The Horrors of the Jersey Prison-Ship and the Sugar-House, 1]; CHAPTER III; Exertions to Form a New Army-Calls on the Different States-Insufficiency of the Militia-Washington's Gare for the Yeomanry-Dangers in the Northern Department-Winter Attack on Tieondcroga Apprehended-Exertions to Reinforce Schuyler-Precarious State of "Washington's Army-Conjectures as to the Designs of the Enemy-Expedition of the British against Peekskill, 25; Schuyler's Affairs in the Northern Department-Misund« less