From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 14. –Yesterday afternoon several riotous and disorderly persons, to the number of between eighty and ninety, assembled at Westminster, Cumberland county, in the province of New York. 1 They took possession of the court house, with an avowed…
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A Proposed Memorial to Lord Dartmouth
To the Right honourable the Earl of Dartmouth One of his Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State A Memorial from Benjamin Franklin Agent of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Given in London, this 16th Day of March, 1775. Whereas an Injury done, can only give the Party injured a Right to full Reparation; or, in case…
Warren’s Oration
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 6. –This day 1 the old South Meeting-house in Boston was crowded with nobility and some gentlemen. The selectmen with Adams, Church, Hancock, Cooper, and others, assembled in the pulpit, which was covered with black, and we all…
Maryland in Motion
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. It appears that the inhabitants of Maryland are all in motion; forming county meetings, choosing committees of observation to carry into effectual execution, without fear, favor, or partiality, the measures recommended by the grand Continental Congress, and forming companies…
New York Union Flag – Meeting at the Exchange
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Early this morning preparations were made for the meeting at the Exchange in New York. A union flag with a red field was hoisted on the liberty-pole, where at nine o’clock the friends of freedom assembled, and having got…