CHAPTER I. PAGE Sufferings of the Army at Morristown.—Rigorous Winter.—Derangement of the Currency.—Confusion in the Commissariat.—Impressment of Supplies.—Patriotic Conduct of the People of New Jersey.—The Bay of New York Frozen over.—Lord Stirling’s Expedition against Staten Island.—Knyphausen’s Incursion into the Jerseys.—Caldwell’s Church at Elizabethtown burnt.—Character of its Pastor.—Foray into Westchester County.—Burning of Young’s House in the Valley of the Neperan 1 Arnold in Command of Philadelphia.—Unpopular Measures.—Arnold’s Style of Living.—His Schemes and Speculations.—His Collisions with the Executive Council.—His Land Project.—Charges sent against him to Congress.—His Addr…
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