A history of the United States . ^Oiie Sixtli of a Dollar. i. i^rinted by HnJ/ & SellersX^ in Philadelphia. 1776. ^ Continental Currency. the first place it encouraged men to reenlist. The period forwhich many of the recruits had gone into the army had ex-pired on the 1st of January. They had received very little 132 THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1775 AND 1776 [§175 pay, and the paper money they got had now fallen greatly invalue. In the face of a defeat, few would have reentered theservice; but for the payment of those who would reenlist,Washington pledged his own fortune, and thus succeeded inkeeping his
A history of the United States . ^Oiie Sixtli of a Dollar. i. i^rinted by HnJ/ & SellersX^ in Philadelphia. 1776. ^ Continental Currency. the first place it encouraged men to reenlist. The period forwhich many of the recruits had gone into the army had ex-pired on the 1st of January. They had received very little 132 THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1775 AND 1776 [§175 pay, and the paper money they got had now fallen greatly invalue. In the face of a defeat, few would have reentered theservice; but for the payment of those who would reenlist,Washington pledged his own fortune, and thus succeeded inkeeping his army intact. Another beneficial effect was shownin the influence exerted upon the British army and the numbers of Hessians now deserted, in order to availthemselves of the oifers of land that had been made by Con-gress ; and many men ofdoubtful loyalty vs^ho, afew months before, hadaccepted the pardonoffered by Howe, nowmade patriotic responseto the counter-proclama-tion of Washington, re-quiring that they shouldeither retire to the Brit-
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