From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 6.—In imitation of her Majesty our truly amiable queen, of the noble Marchioness of Granby, and of those six respectable ladies of Westminster, (the owners of the Amazon,) who have respectively equipped private ships of war, lately, at…
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Remarks on Washington’s Proclamation
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 1.—Mr. Washington last winter issued a proclamation requiring the inhabitants of certain districts to fatten their cattle, in order to support his army the ensuing campaign. The British light infantry having at least an equal interest in that…
Free Mason Celebration in Philadelphia
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 28.—This day, agreeable to the constitution of the Most Ancient and Worshipful Society of Free and accepted Masons, was celebrated at Philadelphia, the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist. At nine o’clock in the morning near three hundred…
Massacre at Cherry Valley
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 11.—This day, a party of Tories, Indians, and regulars, under the command of Colonel Butler, made a descent on the fort it Cherry Valley. An officer who was in the fort, gives the following account of the affair:…
Heaven with the Americans – Doctor Franklin
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A Correspondent in London says: In the fate of the mercenary Hessians employed against our fellow subjects in America, we may read the disapprobation, and mark the manifest intervention of Heaven. Of the private men who embarked from Hesse…