Show subtle rebuke cupid hns shown himself to he utterly indifferent to mattord of state and nies messages sages of great moment in 1777 jumps james wilkinson who later hitce become became a ge generillo in the united states army was an all tilde aide to gen horatio oates gates and by him was wag sent bent to don congress at yorktown in pennsylvania with the dispatches giving an account of the surrender of gen den john burgoyne and the british army at sa saratoga r a on tile the way wilkinson stopped to spend a whole day with his sweetheart at reading heading when he finally delivered tile the dispatches and they were read th in congress a measure was introduced trod to reward the messenger who brought such pleasing news go gov samuel adams thereupon with grave and solomn face moved that the young man be presented with a pair of spurs epurs kansas city stis I 1 |