From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 18. –A few days ago a riot occurred at Elizabethtown in Jersey. The scene opened between twelve and one o’clock, with seizing a poor Staten Islander, for no other crime than because some people of that ever loyal…
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Old Women’s Petition
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 1. –The following “Petition” came to my hand by accident; whether it is to be presented to the Assembly now sitting at Philadelphia, the next Congress or Committee, I cannot say. But it is certainly going forward, and…
A Patriotic Minister
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 23. –Some time ago a Presbyterian minister, not far distant from North Haven, Connecticut, applied to a lieutenant of the militia to step into the market and give him the words of command, in order to his performing…
The Ship James at Sandy Hook
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 16. –On Thursday morning, the 2d instant, the ship James, Captain Watson, arrived at New York from Glasgow, with a cargo of coals and dry goods, but as she did not arrive within the time prescribed by the…
Affair at Stamford
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 3. –A number of men from a distant town having heard of the seizure of the powder at Stamford, went in a body to that town; proceeded in an orderly manner to the house where the powder was…