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A smothering blizzard—one of more than 20 snowstorms that pounded Morristown area in the winter of 1779-1980—spoiled the British mission to kidnap Washington. (Washington, Jefferson, & Madison Institute)
A smothering blizzard—one of more than 20 snowstorms that pounded Morristown area in the winter of 1779-1980—spoiled the British mission to kidnap Washington. (Washington, Jefferson, & Madison Institute)