. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . ogled the ladies, and damnedthe provincials for their incessant grumbling, their dis-loyalty, their want of refinement, their bad tailors,^ theirclumsy shoemakers. Boston Common is not an extensive piece of openground. Intersected and crossed in all directions nowby broad walks and pathways, planted with elms of scantyfoliage, and adorned with memorials of wars, which thefuture American will be glad to forget, the Commonoffers no space for camp or quar
. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . ogled the ladies, and damnedthe provincials for their incessant grumbling, their dis-loyalty, their want of refinement, their bad tailors,^ theirclumsy shoemakers. Boston Common is not an extensive piece of openground. Intersected and crossed in all directions nowby broad walks and pathways, planted with elms of scantyfoliage, and adorned with memorials of wars, which thefuture American will be glad to forget, the Commonoffers no space for camp or quarters; but in 1774, onesolitary elm is said to have been the prominent adorn-ment of a bit of rough rolling land which afforded acoarse pasture to a few cattle and sheep. The force, usually called in those days the Ministerialtroops, encamped on the Common, on the borders of ^ Not without reason it appears. Tailoring in America was notgood. Washington bought his clothes in England—not fromchoice but from necessity; cf. an interesting and amusing chapter inThe True George Washington, by Paul L. Ford, chapter vii., Tastes and
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