Gen Washington writes that a failure of bread has already commenced in the army, and that for any thing he sees, it must unavoidably increase. Meat they have only for a short season and as the whole dependance is on provisions now to be procured, without a shilling for the purpose, and without credit for a shilling, I look forward with the most pungent apprehensions. [More]
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
This Day in History: March 27
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Ahhh... they knew how to write in those days; a command of the language was a requirement for a person with even the most rudimentary education.
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