Baltimore Feby. 3. 1777 This Day has been observed in this Place, with exemplary Decency and Solemnity, in Consequence of an Appointment of the Government, in Observance of a Recommendation…
Baltimore Feby. 2. 1777 Last Evening We arrived safe in this Town after the longest Journey, and through the worst Roads and the worst Weather, that I have ever experienced.…
[ January? 1777 ] 1 Dear Marcia Tis so long since I took a pen up to write a line that I fear you have thought me unmindfull of you;…
Janry. 26 1777 Tis a Great Grief to me that I know not how to write nor where to send to you. I know not of any conveyance. I risk…
Easton at the Forks of Delaware River in the State of Pensilvania, Jan. 24. 1777 We have at last crossed the Delaware, and are agreably lodged in Easton, a little…
Bethlehem Orange County, State of N. York January 20. 1777 This Morning We crossed the North River at Poughkeepsie, on the Ice, after having ridden many Miles on the East…
Poughkeepsie Jan. 19. 1777 There is too much Ice in Hudsons River to cross it in Ferry Boats and too little to cross it, without, in most Places, which has…
Fish Kill [ 17 or 18 January ] 1777 After a March like that of Hannibal over the Alps We arrived last Night at this Place, Where We found the…
Hartford Jany. 14. 1777 It is now generally believed here that G. Washington has killed and taken at least two Thousands of Mr. Howes Army since Christmas. Indeed the Evidence…
Hartford Jan. 13. 1777 The Riding has been so hard and rough, and the Weather so cold that We have not been able to push farther than this Place. My…