CHAPTER XI.

Farther state of affairs in the beginning of the year 1781.... Measures of Mr. Morris, the superintendent of finances.... Designs of General Washington against New York.... Count Rochambeau marches to the North River.... Intelligence from the Count de Grasse.... Plan of operations against Lord Cornwallis.... Naval engagement.... The combined armies march for the Chesapeake.... Yorktown invested.... Surrender of Lord Cornwallis.

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Footnotes.

ILLUSTRATIONS

George Washington, by Gilbert Stuart Martha Washington, by Gilbert Stuart George Washington, by John Trumbull The Ruins of Stony Point—On the Hudson Beverly Robinson Mansion at West Point Where Washington Stayed During André's Trial The Moore House at Yorktown, Virginia

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