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...hurricane of energy, built like a barrel of spruce beer, Putnam quickly won the rank of general during the disorganized fighting before Washington took command. His aggressive spirit spurred American forces to the occupation of Charlestown and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Washington values Putnam as a leader of small forces in hot combat, but the semiliterate general knows and cares little about problems like planning and supply. Putnam is presently second in command in New York. To help him with administration Washington has assigned him an aide from his own staff, Major Aaron Burr, 20, a sparrow-sized scholar...
...anchors in Coventry, Rhode Island. He has little formal education but used to study Euclid and military history beside his forge at night. Though raised a Quaker, Greene helped form a militia troop to resist British tyranny. When other members of his troop thought he should be disqualified from command because of a game leg, Greene characteristically offered to serve as a private. But his talent as a leader, especially in acquiring and organizing supplies, was quickly noticed. He progressed from private to general within a few months...
...higher returns. Merchants who can procure scarce products are making bigger profits than ever before. One Massachusetts merchant who owns several privateers reports that profits of 100 percent on sugar and 150 percent on linen and paper are "more than common." Jonas Philipps of Philadelphia says that European goods command a profit of 400 percent there...
...important segments of the military have made clear their disapproval. Lieutenant General Sir Jeffrey Amherst and Admiral Augustus Keppel, two highly esteemed officers, have said that they would serve against any European enemy but not against the Americans. Indeed, at least nine general officers reportedly turned down the American command before General Howe accepted...
...George's tutors, Lord Waldegrave, writes that the young prince had commendable resolution but far too much obstinacy. Adds Waldegrave: "He has great command of his passions, and will seldom do wrong-except when he mistakes wrong for right." Lacking a father, George has always depended on older men for advice. Passionately attracted as a youth to the beautiful Lady Sarah Lennox, he let Lord Bute, his mother's favorite adviser and his own mentor, talk him out of marriage. "I submit my happiness to you," he wrote Bute, "who are the best of friends, whose friendship...