New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . er the company has come, butwhether the hour has come. During this winter a great entertainment was givenby General Knox and some other officers, and it was said to be the finest thing ofthe kind ever seen in thatpart of the State. It maybe thought, and probablythere were people whothought it then, that ata lime when money wasso much needed, andprovisions were so hardto get, a great and expen-sive festival like this wasMim ? extravagant and out of place ;but it is likely that the gayetyof that great day had a goodand encouraging ef
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . er the company has come, butwhether the hour has come. During this winter a great entertainment was givenby General Knox and some other officers, and it was said to be the finest thing ofthe kind ever seen in thatpart of the State. It maybe thought, and probablythere were people whothought it then, that ata lime when money wasso much needed, andprovisions were so hardto get, a great and expen-sive festival like this wasMim ? extravagant and out of place ;but it is likely that the gayetyof that great day had a goodand encouraging effect upon thearmy as well as the people of the country. They knew why the day had been celebrated, andbecause ol the general rejoicings thev belioxeil therewas reason to rejoice; and when i)eo|ile beHe\e thatthere is a good thing coming, they are much moreready to fight for it than if they had no such belief. Bill il is nol of these two winters that our storyhas to deal : it is with the second encampment atMorristown, during the cold, the snow, and the icy. 171 frosts of 1779-S0. At this time, General and lived in the handsome house which is nowknown as Washingtons Headquarters, and has beenpreserved in the same condition as it was in thoseRevolutionary days. In this fine old mansion, GeneralWashington and his wife kept up their hospitablecustoms; and at their table were seen such men asAlexander Hamilton, General Greene, Baron Steuben,Kosciusko, Pulaski, Light Horse Harry Lee, IsraelPutnam, Mad Anthony Wayne, and Benedict also came to Morristown the minister fromFrance (the Chevalier de la Luzerne) and an envoyfrom Spain (Don Juan de Mirailles). These two dis-tinguished foreigners were received with great escort was sent out to meet them; there was agrand review of the troops, in which Washington andhis generals, together with the Frenchman and theSpaniard, appeared on the field, splendidly mounted ;while on the grand reviewing stand was th
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