. Camps and firesides of the revolution . A REVOLUTIONARY LADY. 252 In Camp [ 75. Camp Fare By George Washington (1779) West Point, 16 August, 1779. I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Livingstonto dine with me to-morrow ; but am I not in honorbound to apprise them of their fare ? As I hate de-ception, even where the imagination only is con-cerned, I will. It is needless to premise, that mytable is large enough to hold the ladies. Of thisthey had ocular proof yesterday. To say how it isusually covered, is rather more essential; and thisshall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival a
. Camps and firesides of the revolution . A REVOLUTIONARY LADY. 252 In Camp [ 75. Camp Fare By George Washington (1779) West Point, 16 August, 1779. I have asked Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Livingstonto dine with me to-morrow ; but am I not in honorbound to apprise them of their fare ? As I hate de-ception, even where the imagination only is con-cerned, I will. It is needless to premise, that mytable is large enough to hold the ladies. Of thisthey had ocular proof yesterday. To say how it isusually covered, is rather more essential; and thisshall be the purport of my letter. Since our arrival at this happy spot, we have had aham, sometimes a shoulder of bacon, to grace thehead of the table; a piece of roast beef adorns thefoot; and a dish of beans, or greens, almost imper-ceptible, decorates the centre. When the cook hasa mind to cut a figure, which I presume will be thecase to-morrow, we have two beef-steak pies, or dishesof crabs, in addition, one on each side of the centredish, dividing the space and reducing the distancebe
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