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NATIONAL TREASURE.(1776)(Book Review)

The New Yorker

| May 23, 2005 | Marshall, Joshua Micah | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The Condé Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

As scenes of heroism go, it was an odd one. In the third week of July, 1776, only days after Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, His Excellency General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, was involved in a fastidious exchange with his British counterpart, Lord Richard Howe. On July 14th, as the Royal Navy sent ship after ship into New York Harbor, Howe dispatched a young lieutenant, Philip Brown, with a letter addressed to "George Washington, Esq." Brown arrived on Manhattan Island under a flag of truce, and on the shore to meet him were three of Washington's most trusted officers. Hearing that ...

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