CHAPTER XI.

Defects in the Commissary departments.... Distress of the army at Valley Forge.... The army subsisted by impressments.... Combination in congress against General Washington.... Correspondence between him and General Gates.... Distress of the army for clothes.... Washington's exertions to augment the army.... Congress sends a committee to camp.... Attempt to surprise Captain Lee.... Congress determines on a second expedition to Canada.... Abandons it.... General Conway resigns.... The Baron Steuben appointed Inspector General.... Congress forbids the embarkation of Burgoyne's army.... Plan of reconciliation agreed to in Parliament.... Communicated to congress and rejected.... Information of treaties between France and the United States.... Complaints of the treatment of prisoners.... A partial exchange agreed to.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Wakefield—the Birthplace of George Washington The Washington Family Burial Ground The Historic Washington Elm at Cambridge, Massachusetts Independence Hall, Philadelphia Washington's Headquarters at White Plains Washington Crossing the Delaware The Saratoga Battle Monument Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge

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