From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 12.—There is nothing more ridiculous than the idle stories which are daily told of omens and forebodings on every trifling occasion; but, upon great occasions, all ages have afforded such proofs of something of this kind, that the…
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Long Island Sound Frozen
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 1.—The sound, between Long Island and Connecticut, is almost frozen over in the widest parts; and some persons have passed over from Long Island to Norwalk and other parts in Connecticut on the ice. Wood is brought from…
General Washington
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 1.—An American gentleman, now in London, who is well acquainted with General Washington, gives the following account of him:—”That, though advanced in years, he is remarkably healthy, takes a great deal of exercise, and is very fond of…
Jefferson to His Excellency Gen Washington
Williamsburg, February 10, 1780. Sir, It is possible you may have heard, that in the course of last summer an expedition was meditated, by our Colonel [George Rogers] Clarke, against Detroit: that he had proceeded so far as to rendezvous a considerable body of Indians, I believe four or five thousand, at St. Vincennes; but,…
Famine in the American Camp
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 22.—A writer in the American camp at Baskenridge, in New Jersey, in a letter of this date, says:—”We have had a fast lately in camp, by general constraint, of the whole army, in which we fasted more sincerely…