Newburgh, NY
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
George Washington
Gentlemen, You Will Permit Me
Washington had been thinking about what to say since the anonymous letters appeared on March 10. He had five days. He spent them at Hasbrouck House, writing and revising, working through what an argum...
Modern Voices
Walking Home Without Pay
The story of the Newburgh Conspiracy usually gets told through Washington's address — the spectacles, the weeping, the dramatic collapse. That story matters. But it obscures something equally importan...
