From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 2.—Among the slain, near the Crooked Billet, yesterday, fell the gallant Captain John Downey, late schoolmaster in Philadelphia, whose worth entitles him to a place in the annals of America. He took an active and early part in…
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Fight at the Crooked Billet
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 1.—This morning, at daylight, the American camp, which lay near the Crooked Billet,1 was surrounded with a body of the enemy, who appeared on all quarters. The scouts neglected last night to patrol the roads as they were…
The Conciliatory Bill
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 20.—A Correspondent writes as follows: The conciliatory bill is not founded on any secret negotiation whatever. The noble person who introduced it1 formed it upon the state of the nation, and the situation of the times. Though the…
The Mischianza
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 19.—Yesterday the British army, anxious to give Sir William Howe the most public and splendid testimony of the high esteem they entertain of him as a general, and of the affection and attachment which his popular conduct has…
Affairs at Fishkill, New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 20.—By two deserters just come into New York from Fishkill, we are informed that there are two regiments of New Englanders at that place. When the draughts of the bills1 got among them, they laid down their arms;…