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  1. Public Bookmark 14

    Summary

    All the awkwardness of seeking a volunteer for an attempt, which every soldier was convinced was as good as asking a man to cast away his life to no purpose, naturally recommended Colonel Hamilton's offer; in any case, Washington allow'd himself to be persuaded, and the operation was carried out an hour later, in a deserted and fallow field some half a mile from the encampment.

    21 May 2012

  2. Public Bookmark 3

    Summary

    In which Washington and Hamilton are driven by necessity to seek shelter together.

    6 Apr 2012

  3. Rec 5

    Summary

    "Take care of him as if he were my son, for I love him the same." Five moments between General George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette.

    4 Nov 2010