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CC-H.782.004
8 Jan 1782:23 (885)
Extract of a letter from an officer in Charlestown to his
friend in London, dated May 20. The retrograde progress of
our arms in this country, you have seen in your news-papers,
if they dare tell you the truth. . . [21 lines] The
assemblies which the officers have opened, in hopes to give
an air of gaity and chearfulness to themselves and the
inhabitants are just dull and gloomy meetings; the men play
at cards indeed to avoid talking, but the women are seldom
or never to be persuaded to dance. Even in their dresses
the females seem to bid us defiance; the gay toys which are
imported here they despise; they wear their own homespun
manufactures, and take care to have in their breast-knots,
and even on their shoes, something that resembles their flag
of the thirteen stripes. An officer told Lord Cornwallis
not long ago, that he believed if we had destroyed all the
men in North-America, we should have enough to do to conquer
the women. I am heartily tired of this country, and wish
myself at home.
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