From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 6.—Agreeably to the special orders issued yesterday at head-quarters, the alliance has been splendidly celebrated. A writer gives the following minute account of the festivities, in a familiar letter to a friend: “How often have you told me…
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Arrival of the Commissioners
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 5.—The last accounts from Philadelphia are, that the transports with the baggage have fallen down the river—that the British have begun to destroy some of their outworks— that they have broken off the trunnions of the heavy cannon…
Appeal to the Tories
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A writer in New York offers the following appeal to the loyal inhabitants of America: My honest countrymen:—I presume you have, for the most part, read such articles of a treaty between France and the Congress, as the latter…
John Downy
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 2.—Among the slain, near the Crooked Billet, yesterday, fell the gallant Captain John Downey, late schoolmaster in Philadelphia, whose worth entitles him to a place in the annals of America. He took an active and early part in…
Fight at the Crooked Billet
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 1.—This morning, at daylight, the American camp, which lay near the Crooked Billet,1 was surrounded with a body of the enemy, who appeared on all quarters. The scouts neglected last night to patrol the roads as they were…