From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Last week, the Senatus Academicus of Yale College, at New Haven, in Connecticut, conferred the Doctorate of Laws upon his Excellency General Washington, and also upon the Reverend Doctor Price, of London.1 1 New Haven Journal, May 2.
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Hubbel’s Descent on Connecticut
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 20.—Day before yesterday, Captains Hubbel and Ives, with the assistance of other spirited loyalists, manned eight whale boats, and left Lloyd’s Neck, with an intention to make descents on the coasts of Connecticut. At sunsetting they discovered a…
Francis Marion, Personal Correspondence, Apr. 1781
Gen. Greene to Gen. Marion. Camp, Deep River, April 4, 1781. Dear Sir, This will be handed to you by Capt. Conyers,1 who will inform you what we have contemplated. He is sent forward to collect provisions for the subsistence of the army, and I beg you will assist him in this necessary business. The army…
Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 25.—Yesterday morning the American forces under General Greene, encamped on Hobkirk’s Hill, about a mile from Camden, (S. C.,) where they remained unmolested until this forenoon, at which time Lord Rawdon,1 who has been in possession of Camden…
Jefferson to His Excellency Gen Washington
Richmond, April 23, 1781. Sir, On the 18th instant, the enemy came from Portsmouth up James river, in considerable force, though their numbers are not yet precisely known to us. They landed at Burwell’s Ferry, below Williamsburg, and also a short distance above the mouth of Chickahominy. This latter circumstance obliged Colonel Innis, who commanded…