David McCullough Quotes

The Town, Although It Had "suffered Greatly," Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To John Hancock, "and I Have A Particular Pleasure In Being Able To Inform You, Sir, That Your House Has Received No Damage Worth Mentioning." Other Fine Houses Had Been Much Abused By The British, Windows Broken, Furnishings Smashed Or Stolen, Books Destroyed. But At Hancock's Beacon Hill Mansion All Was In Order, As General Sullivan Also Attested, And There Was A Certain Irony In This, Since The House Had Been Occupied And Maintained By The Belligerent General James Grant, Who Had Wanted To Lay Waste To Every Town On The New England Coast. "Though I Believe," Wrote Sullivan, "the Brave General Had Made Free With Some Of The Articles In The [wine] Cellar.

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

David McCullough Quotes: The Town, Although It Had Suffered Greatly, Was Not In As Bad Shape As He Had Expected, He Wrote To

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