For George is right; he is always right. And though I foresee dark days and many discouragements, my heart will always be with him and the country.
– Martha Washington, letter to a relative, 1774; “A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia,” by Amanda Minnie Douglas, A. L. Burt Company Publishers, New York (1890) Chap. XVII: Mid War’s Alarms, p. 250
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