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LaFayette and Washington at Morristown |
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...Mort Künstler was commissioned by the Crum and Forster Insurance Company to paint a scene of historic Morristown for their corporate headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey?
Künstler used the Ford Mansion, to this day, restored and preserved for the public as a museum. Washington used this building as his headquarters during the winter of 1779 - 1780. It was in the spring of 1780 that he would receive the welcome news from the Marquis de LaFayette that France was coming to the aid of the fledgling nation.
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