From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 28.—”Cassius,” in the Pennsylvania Packet of today, makes the following strictures upon the present state of affairs in America:— Si nolis sanus, curres hydropicus. Friends and Countrymen:—We are now entered into the sixth year of the war, and…
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The Depreciation of Paper Money
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 1.—When rebel writers write, and rebel printers print, all good rebels must believe. Walsingham’s inquiry into the causes of the depreciation of the paper money of the United States, is an honest display, to say the least, and…
An English view of Andre’s Execution – Jumonville
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 14.—A writer in the London Public Advertiser,1 gives the following reflections on the catastrophe of Major Andre:— As nothing that concerns humanity can ever be imagined foreign to a British breast, any prefatory apology for a discussion of…
An Appeal to the Virginians
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 30.—Timothy Standfast, in the Virginia Gazette of to-day, makes the following appeal to the people of Virginia:— Friends, Countrymen, and Brethren:—When we made our first efforts to rescue the liberties of America from the fetters of arbitrary power,…
An Appeal
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 1.—Arguments at this period of the war to prove the justice of our cause, or the importance of the controversy, would be useless, nay, would be insults to our understandings. But our successes in arms and in gaining…