To: swarthyguy; Shermy; jamaksin
Anybody know whether Benedict Arnold was at Valley Forge?
To: aristeides
Yes he did. He spent the winter of 1777-1778 with the army at Valley Forge.
3 posted on
07/03/2003 4:05:28 PM PDT by
Dog
To: aristeides
Lowrie is to purchase Rum to the amount of twenty thousand Dollars at Philadelphia with Continental money & to store it there till the (money?) arrives."Someone could research this purchase I bet..
5 posted on
07/03/2003 4:08:53 PM PDT by
Dog
To: aristeides
Benedict Arnold was still a patriot then.
He saved the Revolution at Saratoga.
9 posted on
07/03/2003 6:14:18 PM PDT by
rmlew
("Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.")
To: aristeides
Yes, winter of 1777-78.
13 posted on
07/04/2003 10:24:30 AM PDT by
jamaksin
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