From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A writer in England says:—”A Scotch officer, lately arrived from America, hath assured some particular friends, that on the day of the action near Camden, Lord Cornwallis’s orders to the army were: ‘To take no prisoners in the field…
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The Confederation Ratified
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 1.—This day will be memorable in the annals of America to the last posterity, for the final ratification in Congress of the articles of confederation and perpetual union between the States.1 This great event, which will confound our…
Theatre in New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. An American correspondent says, that the officers of the army in New York, concerned in the management of the theatre there, form a body like any other company of comedians, and share the profits arising from their exhibitions. To…
Generals Lee and Stirling tampered with
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 22.—By letters of a very late date from New York, says a writer in England, we are informed that Sir Henry Clinton has been attempting to negotiate a peace with America by offering the most advantageous terms to…
Expedition to Morrisania
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 25.—The Americans, under General Parsons, have just returned from a successful expedition to Morrisania, where, in the night and morning of Monday last, (22d,) they surprised and took prisoners sixty or seventy Tories, and burnt a considerable number…