From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. July 27. –General Burgoyne is at Fort Edward, and has with him about six thousand regulars, three or four hundred Indians, and about two hundred Canadians. The frequent injuries and horrible actions committed by his scouting parties on single…
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Veteran House at Philadelphia
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A gentleman, who lived some years in Philadelphia, in-forms us, that during all his residence in that city, he never saw a person begging in the streets. This happy circumstance is owing to the following wise and useful institution:…
Ticonderoga Abandoned
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. July 17. –By an express from the northward we learn that the American forces, under the command of General St. Clair, abandoned Fort Ticonderoga and the adjoining lines, on the morning of the 6th instant, and are now encamped…
Independence celebrated in Charleston, S. C.
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. July 7. –Friday last being the first anniversary of the glorious formation of the American empire, when thirteen colonies, driven by necessity, threw off the yoke and rejected the tyranny of Great Britain by declaring themselves free, independent, and…
General Prescott Taken by Colonel Barton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. July 9. –This night, General Prescott, who has held the command of the British forces on Rhode Island, since the departure of Earl Percy, was taken prisoner at his quarters, and carried off by a party of Americans. The…