. The works of Washington Irving. and the grand depositof ordnance and military stores. He wasaware, too, of the disaffection to the causeamong many of the inhabitants, and appre-hensive of treachery. The process of fortifyingthe place had induced the ships of war to falldown into the outer bay, within the Hook,upwards of twenty miles from the city; butGovernor Tryon was still on board of one ofthem, keeping up an active correspondencewith the tories on Staten and I/ong Islands,and in other parts of the neighborhood. Washington took an early occasion to ad-dress an urgent letter to the committ
. The works of Washington Irving. and the grand depositof ordnance and military stores. He wasaware, too, of the disaffection to the causeamong many of the inhabitants, and appre-hensive of treachery. The process of fortifyingthe place had induced the ships of war to falldown into the outer bay, within the Hook,upwards of twenty miles from the city; butGovernor Tryon was still on board of one ofthem, keeping up an active correspondencewith the tories on Staten and I/ong Islands,and in other parts of the neighborhood. Washington took an early occasion to ad-dress an urgent letter to the committee of safety,pointing out the dangerous and even treason-able nature of this correspondence. He hadmore weight and influence with that body thanhad been possessed by General I,ee, and pro-cured the passage of a resolution prohibiting,under severe penalties, all intercourse with thekings ships. Headquarters, at this time, was a scene ofincessant toil on the part of the commander-in-chief, his secretaries and aides-de-camp. I M^^^. Xif e at t)ea&auartet0 59 give in to no kind of amusements myself,writes he, and consequently those about mecan have none, but are confined from morninguntil evening, hearing and answering applica-tions and letters. The presence of was a solace in the midst of thesestem military cares, and difFused a femininegrace and decorum, and a cheerful spirit overthe domestic arrangements of headquarters,where everything was conducted with sim-plicity and dignity. The wives of some of theother generals and officers rallied around , but social intercourse was gener-ally at an end. We all live here, writes alady of New York, like nuns shut up in anunnery. No society with the town, for thereare none there to visit; neither can we go inor out after a certain hour without the counter-sign. In addition to his cares about the security ofNew York, Washington had to provide for theperilous exigencies of the army in his arrival in
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