Noah and I visited the Ford Mansion in Morristown NJ, the house where Gen Washington spent the winter months of 1779-1780. It is a beautiful home, all wood. I was amazed at the number of people who stayed there during the winter, at least 30 people. They must have lived on top of one another, sharing rooms, coughing and sneezing on each other. We also visited the encampment where the Continental Army stayed - beautiful park now, with trails and an historic farm house complete with herb garden. The farm house was the Wick family's and it was occupied up until the Jockey Hollow national park was built during the depression (it was a civilian conservation corp project).
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