The victory at Yorktown leaves the Continental Congress deeper in debt and weaker than ever. States, no longer fearing an imminent British threat, provide little support. Congress appoints secretaries who create a rudimentary executive branch with almost no power. British loyalist attempt to steal embarrassing and confidential records from the State House (Independence Hall).

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Book Recommendation of the Week:  The Perils of Peace: America's Struggle for Survival After Yorktown, by Thomas Fleming.

Online Recommendation of the Week: Narrative of the Exertions and Sufferings of Lieut. James Moody, in Cause of Government Since the Year 1776, by James Moody: https://archive.org/details/narrativeofexert00mood

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