Valley Forge and a Lincoln of Courage in 1778
In the Valley Forge winter of 1777 78 Washington faces harsh hardship as Seaton and Douglas plot a covert cattle raid to feed the army. Henry Lee joins and Washington entrusts Seaton with power and a secret mission while personal anxieties about Lilian Eastcourt and Patience Angell deepen the peril and resolve.
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Valley Forge
Annals of
Whitemarsh
Delaware
Trenton
Washington
Princeton
Branwine
Philadelphia
Howe
Burgoyne
Sir William Howe
Isaac Potts
McIntosh
Seaton
Henry Lee
Lenton
Hero
Roderic Douglas
Lillian
Patience Angell
Jacob Eastcourt
Mountain
Jacob Dastcourt
Heaven
Lilian
Stephen Wilson
Douglas
Leutenant
Robert
Snelling
England
Virginia
Harry
Old Dominion
Itor
Congress
York
Susquehanna
Farry
Lee
Roderic
Schuylkill
Patience Asgell
Essay on Heroes and the Life of Fame
A Cleveland Leader reader-fueled monologue on heroes and fame, describing public adulation, perks like free theaters and front carriages, and the wish to wear a uniform with tassels. It laments the attention, the pressure, and mentions Dewey Manila and a petty dog theft as contrasted anecdotes.
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Heroea
Jack Robason
Dewey
Manila
Ethel Wharton
Tom Barlow
Cleveland
Tam Won Easy Ball Tale From Scottish Night
A countryside girl set a playful contest for two suitors to bring peas as a time marker to her house. Tat arrived first and won the chance to accompany her to a ball. She learns Tam tricked Jock by claiming his feet were sticky from the peas, a mistaken rhyme revealing the ruse.
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Tam
Tom
Jock
Tat
Mrs Blank To Give Reception At Local Event
Women read in the paper that Mrs Blank will host a reception described as a social event in the community. No other details are provided in the readable text.
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Mrs. Blank
Censorship and Boer Movements Cloud South Africa War Outlook
Report from Washington notes severe censorship delaying war news from South Africa. Kimberley besieged, Vryburg rumored attacked, with Boer forces moving south into Natal and toward Kimberley and Mafeking. Orange Free State and Transvaal commandos execute coordinated advances to stretch British lines and complicate supply routes.
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State Department
Washington
Transvaal
South Africa
Kimberley
Boerg
Vryburg
Natal
Cape Town
Orange Free State
Orange River
South Afra
Tranevaal
North Commandos
Boer forces pressure Natal as sieges and railways suffer
In Transvaal Mafeking and Kimberley remain under siege while two Boer columns push into Natal. For a time they threaten to devastate territory by cutting wires destroying railways and warehouses of ammunition. The Boers appear to be pursuing a strategy of heat and disruption though their advances have faced checks.
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Transvaal
Mafeking
Kimberley
Natal
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Patience
Morris
Susquehana
Mia
Eastcourt
Lil- Han
Patience Angels
Mariane
Earth
Robert Seator
Ladysmith
Kimbskey
Mandant Cronje
Nvesting
George Steward White
HOKK
Cronib. Col
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