General Washington to the President of Congress (excerpt on lack of winter uniforms) Heights of Harlem, September 20, 1776 "I would also beg leave to mention to Congress that the season is fast approaching when clothes of every kind will be wanted for the army. Their distress is already great, and will be increased as the weather becomes more severe." Our situation is now bad, but is much better than the Militia that are coming to join us from the States of Massachusetts-Bay and Connecticut ... They, I am informed, have not a single tent or a necessary of any kind, nor can I conceive how it will be possible to support them. These circumstances are extremely alarming, and oblige me to wish Congress to have all the tents, clothing of every kind, and camp necessaries, provided and forwarded that are to be procured." American Archives 5, Vol.2, Column 412