tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post2770396711338969015..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Those Others Among Whom We CirculateJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-79189694442190028942015-08-06T23:14:50.752-07:002015-08-06T23:14:50.752-07:00More likely, he was keeping himself busy with supe...More likely, he was keeping himself busy with supervising work--and keeping as far away as possible from the paperwork!Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-9921181671494122372015-08-06T05:04:43.365-07:002015-08-06T05:04:43.365-07:00I wonder if any one other than the officers wrote ...I wonder if any one other than the officers wrote much. As a Sargent, John Jay was probably busy doing the "officer's" work.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-23518690673172616352015-08-03T22:22:47.970-07:002015-08-03T22:22:47.970-07:00I would have guessed that a lot of midnight oil we...I would have guessed that a lot of midnight oil went into preparing those records--until I started reading about all the unreasonable hours kept while in battle...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-81665222800312144752015-08-03T05:07:36.429-07:002015-08-03T05:07:36.429-07:00I'm trying to imagine when these men found tim...I'm trying to imagine when these men found time to write between being on the move and then fighting and moving again and setting up camp. "Come on, Pentland. We have to go." "Just one minute -- I need to finish this paragraph." We are fortunate that the journals were kept, that they were saved, and that historians have referenced them.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com