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Washington's defeat & retreat from New York, his bewildering decision to leave Fort Washington defended, the attrition of his army by the pursuing British & terms of service, & the final redemption at the battle of Trenton.

I hate that she uses hardly any dates.

I never knew that Americans took possession of Montreal, however briefly, or that they also tried to invest Quebec & failed, or that Benedict Arnold had any part in those conflicts. In spite of the antique language & expression, I am finding this account of the American Revolution quite interesting.

I never knew that Americans took possession of Montreal, however briefly, or that they also tried to invest Quebec & failed, or that Benedict Arnold had any part in those conflicts. In spite of the antique language & expression, I am finding this account of the American Revolution quite interesting.

Washington appointed to lead an army, the destruction of Falmouth, the commission of privateers to capture necessary powder, arms, & supplies from British ships, Britain's attempts to agitate the native tribes to attack the colonists, & something about the Quebec Bill in Canada, which I'd never heard of before, but which ticked off those folks mightily.

I don't think this is exactly the edition I'm reading, which I originally got from Amazon but is no longer available through them. But it's an eBook with all 3 volumes of Warren's work.

Mercy Otis Warren lived through the American Revolution. This is one of the few contemporary accounts of the revolution, by one who knew the principal actors.