From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 27.—The British have as suddenly abandoned the State of Georgia as they invaded it, and retired into East Florida. Their hasty retreat was occasioned by an express sent to Colonel Prevost, advising him of a naval and land…
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Captain Andre’s Dream – Silas Deane – General Charles Lee – William Livingston – John Jay
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 7.—At Mr. Deane’s, in New York, last evening Captain Andre1 read an extempore on Love and Fashion, and a characteristic “Dream” about the rebels, for which he gained much applause from the “fair and the bold.” His allusions…
Thomas Jefferson to John Page
Williamsburg, January 22, 1779. Dear Page, I received your letter by Mr. Jamieson. It had given me much pain, that the zeal of our respective friends should ever have placed you and me in the situation of competitors. I was comforted, however, with the reflection, that it was their competition, not ours, and that the…
Incursion into Georgia
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 25.— A correspondent in Charleston, South Carolina, says:—”A body of armed men, supposed to be about five hundred, chiefly on horseback, with four pieces of artillery, from St. Augustine, in Florida, have made a very sudden and rapid…
The Fair American Privateer
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The following lines are humbly presented as a New Year’s gift to those loyal ladies of the city of New York, who are uniting to equip a formidable privateer, to be called The Fair American; for the very laudable…