From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The following is the address to the inhabitants of Connecticut by Commodore Sir George Collier and Major General William Tryon:—”The ungenerous and wanton insurrection against the sovereignty of Great Britain, into which this colony has been deluded by the…
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Abraham Walton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 29.—Last night a party of rebels, supposed from Horse Neck, headed by one Ben Kirby, whose father lives on Long Island, and is known to be an atrocious rebel, about twelve o’clock attacked the house of Abraham Walton,…
Tarleton’s Attack on Bedford, N. Y.
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. July 2.—Last night, Lieutenant-Colonel Tarleton marched out with a detachment of cavalry, and early this morning attacked a party of the rebel Nags, commanded by a Colonel Sheldon, in the neighborhood of Bedford. The Americans’ situation was in a…
The American Vicar of Bray
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. When Royal George rul’d o’er this land, And loyalty no harm meant, For church and king I made a stand, And so I got preferment. I still opposed all party tricks, For reasons I thought clear ones, And swore…
The Future of America
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Should America continue firmly to oppose the tyranny of Britain, says a correspondent, may not the promise of the present day sanctify a conjecture, that in a few years the rising grandeur of this new world will invite every…