Shortages of Food at Jockey Hollow

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-08T16:48:47Z
dc.date.available2024-11-08T16:48:47Z
dc.date.issued12/7/2008
dc.descriptionShortages of food and other provisions also posed a constant challenge for the army at Morristown. Fresh meat was usually unavailable, and shortages of flour often made bread scarce. Washington noted that the soldiers sometimes went �5 or Six days together without bread, at other times as many days without meat, and once or twice two or three days without either.� According to some sources, soldiers were so desperate for food that they ate tree bark, leather from old shoes, or even dogs, a situation made worse by the fact that Morristown was located amidst numerous local farms. Despite their proximity to the farmland, however, drought had created shortages in the harvest seasons before, and farmers were often unwilling to give up their crops to feed soldiers.
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dc.subjectInterior of Soldiers Huts at Jockey Hollow
dc.subjectWashington's Troops at Jockey Hollow
dc.subjectWinter at Jockey Hollow
dc.subjectSoldiers Huts
dc.subjectPennsylvania Regiments
dc.subjectJockey Hollow
dc.subjectMorristown
dc.subjectMorristown National Historical Park
dc.subjectNational Park Service
dc.subjectNPS
dc.subjectThe Wick Farm
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectAmerican Histor
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectThe Continental Army
dc.subjectGeorge Washington
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectU.S. Historic District Contributing Property
dc.subjectThe Skylands
dc.subjectWinter in the Skylines
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectSkylands
dc.subjectNew Jersey Skylands
dc.subjectLakeland
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectMorris County
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleShortages of Food at Jockey Hollow

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