Upon hearing from her husband that Howe was poised to close the trap that would destroy Washington’s beleaguered force, Abigail Adams remained defiant; even if all America’s brave men were killed or captured, she declared, the British army would find itself opposed by “a race of Amazons in America.”
Based on correspondence from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 20 September 1776. Lyman Butterfield et al., eds., Adams Family Correspondence, 7 vols. (Cambridge, 1963-), as quoted in Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency: George Washington. Alfred A. Knopf. 2004. p.95
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