Then an appeal to the officers of the army Avas Avritten, and secretly disseminated, in which grievances were set forth, and they were advised to take matters into their own hands, and, in effect, form a military despotism if the Congress should not speedily provide for their pay. Washington was informed of the movement. He resolved to control, without seeming to oppose it. He called a meeting of the officers, and the suspected ringleader of the movement was asked to preside. When all were assembled, Washington

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stepped forward and read to them a powerful appeal to their patriotism. His first words, before unfolding the paper, touched every heart. " You see, gentlemen," he said, as he placed his spectacles before his eyes, "that I have grown not only grey, but hlind, in your service." His address, as usual, was short, pointed, convincing, and most persuasive. All eyes were filled with tears. The spirit of mutiny and revolt shrank abashed, and the assembly resolved unanimously, "That the officers of the American army view with abhorrence, and reject with disdain, the infamous propositions contained in a late anonymous address to the officers

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of the army." This scene did not occur at head-quarters, but in a large temporary building a few miles in the interior, near whei'e the army lay at that time.

In the centre of the Hasbrouck House, or Head-quarters, is a large hall, having on one side au enormous fire-place, and containing seven doors, but only one window. Here Washington received his friends ; here large companies dined ; and here, from time to time, some of the most distinguished characters of the revolution, civil and military, were assembled. Colonel Nicholas Fish, of tlie Continental Army, used to