Williamsburg, July 17, 1779. Sir, I some time ago enclosed to you a printed copy of an order of Council, by which Governor Hamilton was to be confined in irons, in close jail, which has occasioned a letter from General Phillips, of which the enclosed is a copy. The General seems to think that a…
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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…
D’Estaing and Sullivan
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 1.—The monsieurs and the rebels are likely to come to blows on account of the late movements in Rhode Island. When the Yankees heard of the intended co-operation of the French fleet with Sullivan, they all rushed down…
Congress’ Reply to the Commissioners
June 17.—This day the Congress agreed to an answer to the letters and inclosures sent to them by the commissioners lately arrived at Philadelphia, to treat of reconciliation, of which the following is an extract:1 ” The acts of the British Parliament, the commission from your sovereign, and your letter, suppose the people of these…
Arrival of the Commissioners
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 5.—The last accounts from Philadelphia are, that the transports with the baggage have fallen down the river—that the British have begun to destroy some of their outworks— that they have broken off the trunnions of the heavy cannon…