[DOC] [TLE] These are the times that try men's souls - PBS [PAR] will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now 
... On Christmas night 1776, the eve of the famous crossing of the Delaware River
,. Washington and his troops were encamped nine miles from Trenton on the 
banks of the ... While it was a strategic location, the Continental Army went 
through a. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Paine publishes American Crisis - Dec 19, 1776 - HISTORY ... [PAR] These are the times that try men's souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine ... 
As Washington's troops retreated from New York through New Jersey, Paine ... 
With American Crisis, he delivered the words that would salvage the revolution. 
.... when none other than the great philosopher Plato wrote, When the mode of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] A Brief Publication History of the Times That Try Men's Souls ... [PAR] Jan 4, 2016 ... [6] The Packet had resumed printing on December 18, 1776, sooner than the rest 
... [7] He witnessed the fall of Fort Washington from across the Hudson at Fort Lee 
... I, written while on the retreat with the army from Fort Lee to the ... with the 
famous sentence: 'These are the times that try men's souls,' is of the... [DOC] [TLE] George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River - Wikipedia [PAR] George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the 
night of December 2526, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, ... 
While Washington at first took quarters across the river from Trenton, he moved 
his ... These are the times that try men's souls; the summer soldier and the 
sunshine patriot... [DOC] [TLE] Ten Facts About George Washington and the Revolutionary War ... [PAR] George Washington was appointed commander of the Continental Army in 1775. 
... with during the French & Indian War and British army manuals that he studied. 
... chosen by us to Command our Troops, and continued during the whole War. ... 
true - These are the times that try men's soulsthe summer soldier and the... [DOC] [TLE] Washington Association | George Washington [PAR] These are the times that try men's souls; ... Three long years had passed since 
Paine had written those words, when ... In retrospect, the number of soldiers 
headed for Jockey Hollow was astonishing, considering that in 1776, when 
Thomas .... At Valley Forge, for example, he wrote how he and his mates had 
bedded down... [DOC] [TLE] A revolutionary Christmas tale :: Jeff Jacoby [PAR] Dec 25, 1997 ... CHRISTMASTIME, 1776, and the cause of American liberty seemed lost. After a 
string of defeats in New York, George Washington's troops were in retreat. ... 
Many patriots feared it never would, while Tory collaborators lined up to ... "These 
are the times that try men's souls," wrote Thomas Paine in 1776. [DOC] [TLE] Morristown  Morris County Tourism Bureau [PAR] Washington had his headquarters during that first encampment at Jacob ... and 
later, 200 New Jersey soldiers attempted to emulate them (unsuccessfully). ... 
shows Paine in 1776 composing Crisis 1. as he wrote These are the times that 
try... [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Paine in The American Revolution - Shmoop [PAR] Just two years later, early in 1776, Paine published Common Sense, a hugely ... 
Just as George Washington and his soldiers retreated across the Delaware River 
to the bitter winter encampment at Valley Forge, Paine wrote, "These are the 
times ... but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks of man and 
woman. [DOC] [TLE] George Washington: The Crossing | The American Spectator [PAR] Jul 4, 2013 ... George Washington's army, encamped on the banks of the frozen ... While 1776 
is usually recalled as the year the Declaration of ... A pursuing British officer wrote
: ... These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and ... He would 
take these frozen, starving, ill-dressed and sickly troops, cross... [DOC]

Question: In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
Answer: Thomas Paine