This Day in History: October 31

It will be in his power to supply most of the articles excepting the blankets—I have directed him to report immediately if he has not the blankets— and has no means of procuring them. I shall solicit Mr Morris in the most pointed terms to supply them as an article indispensably requisite—since without them the army will be reduced to extreme distress—and the consequence may and probably will prove fatal to many of the soldiers during the winter. [More]