General George Washington, commanding the Continental Army, settles into winter quarters outside Morristown, New Jersey.

       [restored 7/29/2021]

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 22.

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