From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 3. –There is a general curiosity in mankind to inquire into the character of those who arrive at stations of high trust and dignity. In the dreadful times of public commotion and civil discord, this laudable passion is…
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Receipt to Make a Patriot
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 14. –A correspondent gives the following receipt to make a patriot: –Take two drachms of reason and six ounces of resolution; half a pound of eloquence and a pound of logic; three grains of truth and a pound…
Fort Washington
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 18. –By a person lately from the American camp, a gentleman of undoubted veracity, who was prisoner and enlarged by General Howe, we are informed that the enemy lost before the lines of Fort Washington, seventeen hundred killed…
Fort Washington Taken
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 16. –About two o’clock this afternoon a large body of British troops from New York, with a body of Hessians from King’s Bridge, made an attack upon the American lines at that place. At the same time, a…
Americans Are Not Cowards
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. It is very remarkable, says a correspondent, that the event of this unnatural war should so directly contradict Lord Sandwich’s assertion in calling the Americans “cowards,” and that his particular friends should suffer so essentially. Major Pitcairne re-echoed his…