. The works of Washington Irving. ve with regard to Fort Washington, that post,it was agreed, should be retained as long aspossible. A strong garrison was accordingly placed init, composed chiefly of troops from Magawsand Shees Pennsylvania regiments, the latterunder Ivieutenant-Colonel I<ambert Cadwalader,of Philadelphia. Shee having obtained leave iM^^^fg- Ibomage to Genecal %ee 883 of absence, Colonel Magaw was put in com-mand of the post, and solemnly charged by-Washington to defend it to the last name of the opposite post on the Jerseyshore, where Greene was stationed, wa
. The works of Washington Irving. ve with regard to Fort Washington, that post,it was agreed, should be retained as long aspossible. A strong garrison was accordingly placed init, composed chiefly of troops from Magawsand Shees Pennsylvania regiments, the latterunder Ivieutenant-Colonel I<ambert Cadwalader,of Philadelphia. Shee having obtained leave iM^^^fg- Ibomage to Genecal %ee 883 of absence, Colonel Magaw was put in com-mand of the post, and solemnly charged by-Washington to defend it to the last name of the opposite post on the Jerseyshore, where Greene was stationed, was changedfrom Fort Constitution to Fort lyce, in honorof the general. I^ee, in fact, was the militaryidol of the day. Fven the family of the com-mander-in-chief joined in paying him Tench Tilghman, Washingtons aide-de-camp, in a letter to a friend, writes : Youask if General I^ee is in health, and our peo-ple bold. I answer both in the appearance amongst us has contributednot a little to the
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