From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. This day, Mr. Simeon Deane arrived at Congress express from the American plenipotentiaries1 at the court of France, and delivered his despatches to the president. The important contents are, by a correspondent, thus communicated: “The news of the defeat…
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Forts Clinton and Montgomery Taken
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 6. –This day the fortresses Clinton and Montgomery, on the North River, in New York, fell into the hands of the British, under the command of Sir Henry Clinton. A gentleman who was in Fort Montgomery when it…
Henricus
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 22.—An elaborate production in the Lancaster papers of to-day, signed Henricus, concludes thus:—”Believe me, the present time with the enemy is a time of fearful expectation and desperate trial. Their all depends upon being able to procrastinate the…
The Conciliatory Bills
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 23.—The enemy, says a correspondent, after the flogging of Burgoyne, have resumed their old trick of sham treaty. General Tryon (by what authority he best knows) has introduced into New Jersey a ridiculous publication under the title of…
General Howe at Philadelphia
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 15.—Throughout the whole past winter, with General Washington within twenty miles of them, the British have remained quite unalarmed and in Philadelphia easy. Not a single attack has been attempted; and what is as extraordinary, not a single…