Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army: December 19, 1777-June 19, 1778, Volume 8, called to the unpleasing task of a SoldiHundreds of letters and documents written at Valley Forge have been published in collections that represent the best remembered men of the Revolution. There are also documents of uncounted numbers by lesser officers and staff functionaries that have never been published, or have been printed long ago and are no longer readily available. The intent of this effort is to present a selection of these, in the eighth of such volumes, to allow greater