Milton Garden Club newsletter May 2004 (B0288356.DOC;1)

The winter of 1779-1780 was the worst in recorded history. There were 26 snowstorms, 6 blizzards, and only 2 days above freezing. The Patriots were camped in Morristown, New Jersey, only 30 miles west of New York City. The British unveiled a new war strategy- the southern strategy- to bring the war that had cost it 160 million pounds closer to ... ................
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