The Winter Encampment of 1779-1780 in Morristown ,NJ
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2/1/2011
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To understand the encampment of 1779-1780 one has to understand the weather in Morristown during that winter.
The winter of 1778 -1780 was the snowiest on record for much of New Jersey and the Northeast. That is only because official records do not exist from the winter of 1779-1780, when 28 separate snow storms hit Morristown.
George Washington wrote "... The oldest people now living in this Country do not remember so hard a winter as the one we are now emerging from. "
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Jockey Hollow, Harsh Winter, General George Washington, Morristown National Historical Park, Historic Morristown, Harding Township, Mendham Township, National Historical Park, The American Revolution, American History, US History, U.S. Historic district Contributing property, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, George Washington, Continental Army, Winter Encampment, History, Morristown, Morris County, The American Revolution in New Jersey, The Skylands, New Jersey Skylands, NJ Skylands, Lakeland, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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