Letter From Valley Forge

by Dan Gifford

A number of my ancestors served in the Continental Army, mostly with New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey units. One of those wrote the letter below which is now kept in the Revolutionary Era Documents section of the New Jersey Historical Society.  The letter was written by Captain William Gifford of the Third New Jersey Regiment to his best friend, Colonel Benjamin Holme of the New Jersey Militia. I thought this 4th of July weekend would be a good time to read it again…

Camp at Valley Forge Jan. 24, 1778 (more…)

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Posted Jul 5th 2009 at 3:05 pm in Politics | 33 Comments