From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. July 4.—The imagination can scarcely conceive of a more condition than that of the inhabitants of New York, between the Highlands and Albany. The persons favoring independency, which consist only of such as despair of escaping the vengeance of…
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Masons Celebration at New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 26.—Yesterday being the anniversary festival of St. John the Baptist, was celebrated by the worshipful master and brethren of Lodge number 210, Ancient York Masons, in the city of New York in the following order, viz.: They repaired…
An Irish view of Arnold
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 26.—A correspondent in Dublin, Ireland, says: —Various conjectures have been hazarded, concerning the birth and parentage of the celebrated Mr. Arnold, whose dereliction of the American cause has been magnified in its utter ruin. Risum teneatis! Some have…
Amusements in New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 20.—The Tories in New York, “finding much more tragedy than they desire to witness in their excursions to Westchester, the Jerseys and indigo Connecticut, (as Gaine calls it,) have taken to comedy. Last month a greater part of…
Rivington’s News – The Black Act – Connecticut – Massachusetts and New Hampshire
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 16.—Our correspondents beyond the lines, says Rivington, give as a most melancholy description of the wretchedness of the inhabitants of all parts of the country. The increase of the numbers who are for peace and the re-union, by…