Coming to the close of Freeman's Vol III (of VII) biography of the General (Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington, Volume III, Planter and Patriot, Scribners, New York, 1948), I came across the following footnote on page 576. Please note that the link I provided above is NOT to the 7-volume bio but rather the one-volume condensation by Harwell. The footnote (number 161) refers to a discussion in the text about arms being turned in by the militia after serving in Boston (so new unarmed recruits could use them) and going back to the farm:In the open country and the villages,...