From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 12.—Lord Rawdon having on the 7th instant been reinforced by the corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Watson, marched out with the hope of bringing General Greene to action; but that wary officer, rendered still more so by the event of…
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Lord Rawdon’s Proclamation (in verse)
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. To all our subjects true and loyal, We greeting send this promise royal, Tho’ signed by Rawdon and Balfour, They’re George’s sentiments, we’re sure. And therefore if you can believe it, As such we doubt not you’ll receive…
Lord Rawdon’s Proclamation
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 21.—This day, the redoubtable Rawdon1 and his not to be trusted squire Balfour,2 now in very uncomfortable quarters at Monk’s Corner, have issued a characteristic proclamation, in which they say:—”Although attention to the general security of the province…
A True Woman
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 8.—Captain S——, lately returned from America to London with an express for government, relates, among many other affecting and uncommon incidents, among the royalists, as well as in the American army, the following narrative of tenderness, evincing to…
General Charles Lee a Traitor
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 30.—By a person from Winchester, in Virginia, which place he left last Wednesday week, (20th,) we hear that a desperate knot of Tories has been discovered. A man, formerly a Hessian soldier, had been observed at Martinsburg several…