Group+9+8th

Dear family,

We have just got to valley forge. Don't worry I am fine. We sleep in tents and sleep on the ground. We eat whatever we can catch and trap. We don't have any uniforms like dad had when he served during the French and Indian war. I clean the same rifle that my father used and it is still in great shape. The training is hard and brutal but I would go through anything to get back at those lobster backs. We have more soldiers now that we had won at Trenton. We sure showed those redcoats what we were made of. The living conditions are cramped. I have to sleep in a tent with five other soldiers. Many other soldiers have no boots or shirts. Some even have stand on there hats so there feet don't touch the ground.I wish you could understand why I'm doing this. I hate the taxes there taxing us. Them closing up the Boston harbor and making many people lose there jobs. I hate and you should to.