An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . w-ashiiioton3 hb a d - q u a rt e r3 at brandy-winb. CHAPTER XXX. CAMPAIGN OF 1777, AND CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY WITH FRANCE. PON the approach of the British towards Phi-ladelphia, (December 12, 1776,) Congress hadremoved its sittings from that place to Balti-more. Washingtons successes in New Jerseybrought it back to Philadelphia in February,1777. On the 27th of December, 1776, C
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . w-ashiiioton3 hb a d - q u a rt e r3 at brandy-winb. CHAPTER XXX. CAMPAIGN OF 1777, AND CONCLUSION OF THE TREATY WITH FRANCE. PON the approach of the British towards Phi-ladelphia, (December 12, 1776,) Congress hadremoved its sittings from that place to Balti-more. Washingtons successes in New Jerseybrought it back to Philadelphia in February,1777. On the 27th of December, 1776, Con-gress conferred upon Washington powers forraising forces and conducting the war, which were nearly dictatorial. Meantime, the British ministry, under the direction of Lord North,maintained their determination to enforce the unconditional submis-sion of the colonies, while the opposition party in parliament wereearnestly endeavouring to procure the adoption of conciliatory mea-sures. With the majority of the British nation the war was popular ;and no difficulty was found in obtaining from parliament the requisitesupplies of men and money for carrying on the new campaign withvigour. 354. SUPPLIES FBOM FEANCE. Before the opening of the campaign, Washingtons whole forcehad been reduced to fifteen hundred men. Early in the year, how-ever, fifteen hundred of the new troops would have been upon theirmarch from ^Massachusetts ; but the general court could not supplythem with arms. This perplexity nas of but a short vessel arrived at Portsmouth, from France, with 11,9S7 stand ofarms, 1000 barrels of powder, 11,000 gun-flints, and ether munitionsof war. Congress had been under a similar embarrassment with theMassachusetts general court, as to the procuring of supplies forWashingtons anny ; but they obtained similar relief by the arrivalof 10,000 stand of arms in another part of the United States. Before the royal army took the field for the ensuing campaign,wo enterprise
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