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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 194

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s for the buildingof the little village. The men were divided intoparties of twelve, each party to build a hut to ac-commodate that number; and in order to stimulatethe men. Washington promised a reward of twelvedollars to the party in each regiment which fin-ished its hut first and most… … BUILDING THE HUTS AT VALLEY FORGE. Each hut was to be fourteen feet by sixteen, thesides, ends, and roof to be made of logs, and thesides made tight with clay. There was to be afireplace in the rear of each hut, built of wood,but lined with clay eighteen inches thick. Thewalls were to be six and a…

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