. American history:. long Holland, been friendly to the American cause ; she had given en-couragement and protection to American privateers, andhad actually commenced the negotiation of a treaty withcongress, the discovery of which immediately called forth b. Dec. 20. a declaration of war on the part of England. 8. Situation 21. Thus the American Revolution had already invol-Mthiaperiod. ^ed England in war with three powerful nations of Eu-rope, and yet her exertions seemed to increase withthe occasions that called them forth. Parliament againgranted a large amount of money for the public serv
. American history:. long Holland, been friendly to the American cause ; she had given en-couragement and protection to American privateers, andhad actually commenced the negotiation of a treaty withcongress, the discovery of which immediately called forth b. Dec. 20. a declaration of war on the part of England. 8. Situation 21. Thus the American Revolution had already invol-Mthiaperiod. ^ed England in war with three powerful nations of Eu-rope, and yet her exertions seemed to increase withthe occasions that called them forth. Parliament againgranted a large amount of money for the public service ofthe coming year, and voted the raising of immense arma-ments by sea and land. ♦ Tanytoivn is on the E. bank of the Hudson, twenty-eight miles N. from New York. (Se«Map, p. 862.) Andre was arrested about a quarter of a mile N. from the village. lie was cxecuted and buried on the \V. side of the river, a quarter of a mile west from the village of Tappaii, a few rods south of the New Jersey line. Part III.] 397. SURRENDER OP LORD CORNWALUS. (KtC page 400.) 1781. CHAPTER VIII EVENTS OF 17 81. 1. The condition of the army of Washington, at thebeginning of the year 1781, was widely different from thatof the royal forces under the command of Clinton. W])ilethe latter were abundantly supplied with all the necessariesand comforts which their situation required, the formerwere suffering privations arising from want of pay, cloth-ing, and provisions, which at one time seriously threatenedthe very existence of the army. 2. *So pressing had the necessities of the soldiers become,that, on tlie first of .January, the whole Pennsylvania line oftroops, to the number of one thousand three hundred, aban-doned their camp at Morristown,—declaring their intentionof marching to the place where congress was in session, inorder to obtain a redress of their grievances. 3. The officers being unable to quell the scdititon, themutineers proceeded in a body to Princeton, where theywere met by emi
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