Papers, 1780-1781.

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Papers, 1780-1781.

Incomplete journal kept in letter form. Subjects of comment include George Washington's reviewing and entertaining Indian chiefs in New Jersey; the French Army stationed at Newport, R.I.; the Benedict Arnold affair; the battles of King's Mountain, N.C., and Yorktown, Va.; problems of discipline in the Continental Army; troop movements; social affairs; counterfeiting and the depreciation of the currency; and service in North Carolina.

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