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General George Washington’s army settles into a second season at Morristown, New Jersey, on December 1, Washington’s personal circumstances improved dramatically as he moved into the Ford Mansion and was able to conduct his military business in the style of a proper 18th-century gentleman.

However, the worst winter of the s coupled with the collapse of the colonial economy ensured misery for Washington’s underfed, poorly clothed and unpaid troops as they struggled for the next two months to construct their 1,plus “log-house city” from acres of New Jersey woodland.

Life was similarly bleak for the war-weary civilian population.

With an economy weakened by war, household income declined 40 percent. Farmers faced raids from the British and their Indian allies. Merchants lost foreign trade. Even a great victory, such as the capture of British General John Burgoy