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Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops, had …
Years: 1776 - 1776
December
Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops, had on December 23 begun publishing The American Crisis, containing the stirring phrase, "These are the times that try men's souls."
Washington had ordered the first issue of The Crisis read to his troops on Christmas Eve, then at 6 p.m. on Christmas Day, all twenty-six hundred of them march to McKonkey's Ferry, ...
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Years: 1776 - 1776
December
Locations
People
Groups
- Hessians
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- British people
- New York, independent state of
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
- Americans
Topics
- American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence
- New York and New Jersey campaign
- George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
Subjects
Regions
Subregions