The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser, February 4, 1779; printed and sold by John Dunlap. Proceedings in Congress against Brigadier General William Thompson, who was censured by Congress for inappropriate comments; formal statements of William Thompson, Congressional vote to find him guilty of a breach of privilege, and Congress’s acceptance of his apology. Front page advertisement for Doctor Baker, Surgeon - Dentist, from Williamsburg, Virginia; Dr. Baker "may be had at his lodgings at Mrs. Pyle’s, in Second-Street, below the City Tavern, and opposite Mr. Affleck’s, Cabinet-maker" in Philadelphia. [Dr. Baker was George Washington’s dentist - On 13 October 1773, Washington noted in his diary that "Mr. Baker Surgeon Dentist" had arrived at Mount Vernon that afternoon. The dentist stayed several days and charged £5, according to the planter’s accounts.]
Consul of France de Valnais commissioned at the port of Boston and other ports in the State of Massachusetts-Bay. Marine reports from the port of Boston. Revolutionary war activity in Westchester, NY (White Plains); "a party of the enemy surprised a guard of about 25 of our men, stationed at the house of Mr. Young, near White Plains" with details of the skirmish. [The outpost was on the property of Joseph Young, a local landowner; his house and barns were occupied by Continental Army troops beginning in August 1776.]
Report from New York that British troops and inhabitants at New-York have been in the greatest distress for want of bread, what little flour they had was sour and musty, that for several days oatmeal had been issued to the soldiers, as the Hessians refused to draw it, and mutiny would in all probability been the consequence, had not some of the Cork fleet arrived at the critical time and put an end to their wants…"
Report from Philadelphia: "Tuesday morning his Excellency General Washington set off from this city to join the army in New Jersey—During the course of his short say, (the only relief he has enjoyed from service since he first entered into it), he has been honored by every mark of esteem…The Council of this State being desirous of having his picture in full length, requested his sitting for that purpose, which he politely complied with, and a striking likeness was taken by Mr. Peale of this city. The portrait is to be placed in the Council chamber. Don Juan Marrailles [Don Juan de Miralles] has ordered five copies, four of which, we hear, are to be sent abroad. His Excellency’s stay here was rendered the more agreeable by the company of his Lady [Martha Washington] and the domestic retirement which he enjoyed at the house of the Honorable Henry Laurens, Esq., with whom he resided." [Washington at Princeton is a 1779 painting by Charles Willson Peale, showing George Washington after the Battle of Princeton. The original was commissioned by the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania for its council chamber in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Peale made eight copies of the painting. The original, now owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, was completed in early 1779, when Washington sat for Peale in Philadelphia.]
"Refugees from New-York made their appearance on Staten-Island…" "The Assembly of Delaware State, last week, acceded to the Confederation of the United States and at the same time appointed the Hon. Thomas McKean, Esq., John Dickinson, Esq.; and Nicholas Van Dyke, Esq., as Members, to represent that State in Congress." Letter from "T.P."—Thomas Paine—complaining about the misuse of the pen name "Common Sense" and observing that "There are instances in which a want of civility is want of principle…"
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