. Georgian: a pattern of spoons, forks and all other pieces of table flat ware is partly shown in this book . oint-ment of George Washington, one of the delegates fromVirginia, commander-in-chief of the American army,which was then, to the number of upwards of fifteen thou-sand men, encamped in the vicinity of Boston. This armv, recruited by the Provincial Congressof Massachusetts, was made up of the minute-men whohad risen on the alarm of Lexington, but who had, in themeantime, returned to their homes for reorganization, andlater volunteers, with considerable reinforcements fromneighboring st
. Georgian: a pattern of spoons, forks and all other pieces of table flat ware is partly shown in this book . oint-ment of George Washington, one of the delegates fromVirginia, commander-in-chief of the American army,which was then, to the number of upwards of fifteen thou-sand men, encamped in the vicinity of Boston. This armv, recruited by the Provincial Congressof Massachusetts, was made up of the minute-men whohad risen on the alarm of Lexington, but who had, in themeantime, returned to their homes for reorganization, andlater volunteers, with considerable reinforcements fromneighboring states, notably New Hampshire and Con-necticut ; and under the leadershipof officers whose names are now thefoundations of Revolutionarv history,was besieging Boston and planning todrive out the British, or at least toprevent them from increasing J^2Sfc, Z-.^^^ While Washington was preparing to start for New England, events inBoston were rapidiv shaping them-selves for the active operations of Gage, the British commander,was forced to take measures to ©I agouti) ([ri)iircl) J. maintain his position, and determined to forestall the Americans in the occupation ofCharlestown, across the river, and so near his headquarters that he was liable at anytime to be subjected to a harassing fire. His plans were disturbed, however, bv the dis-covery, on the morning of June seventeenth, of fortifications which the Americans had Strong (Tongrros
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