green, my greatest fear is that congress may think our work closed and will fall into a state of langer and relaxation. following those letters, washington made a brief visit home to mt. vernon, only by the way, the second time in eight years that he had been home. after a brief visit he and martha left mt. vernon and journeyed to philadelphia, where they planned to spend the winter of 1781-'82. in the meantime, the american army having taken care of lord cornwallace's army began their march to their winter quarters which they would take up on the hudson valley to watch the british army. washington arrived in philadelphia to great acclaim, parades, fireworks, endless banquets and toasts. they even wrote an opera in his honor. he went fox hunting and indeed was having a wonderful social time in philadelphia. but not political. he did not attend the sessions of congress. that would have been improper. for the commander in chief to attend congress. but every monday night he, robert morris, the financier, as he was called, the equivalent of our secretary of the treasury, governor morris, no