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I'm Mary Catherine, and I'm celebrating America 250 by reading primary documents, the founding fathers in their words, for as many of the days of the

year as I can. Thanks for joining me for this mini episode of Getting Hammered. On 1776 today,

George Washington faced a serious problem with his troops, because Americans were suspicious

of standing armies, the Continental Army was created with citizen soldiers and militia service

as its foundation. Men volunteered to fight on relatively

short time and then returned home to make way for the next group. In practice, this lack of

professionalization and consistency took a real toll on the mission, leading to, as Washington notes in

this letter, the failure of a Canada campaign and the death of General Richard Montgomery.

In this letter, Washington while maintaining the dignity of Washington pleads with John Hancock, he of famed large signature on the Declaration

of Independence later, who was then the president of the Continental Congress, to convince

the politicians that they needed to invest in soldiers who will stick around. Here's that

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