From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 17. –Last night, a detachment of the Queen’s rangers, and New York companies, with twenty of the Hessian troops, and a subaltern, under the command of Captains John Branden and Archibald Campbell, were ordered out from New York…
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Samuel Auchmuty
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 6. –Day before yesterday, departed this life, in the fifty-sixth year of his age, the Reverend Samuel Auchmuty, D. D., Rector of Trinity Church in New York, a gentleman greatly beloved and respected. He was born at Boston,…
Battle of Princeton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 7. –On the second instant, intelligence was received by express, that the enemy’s army was advancing from Princeton towards Trenton, where the main body of the Americans were stationed. Two brigades under Brigadier-Generals Stephen and Fermoy, had been…
Mercer’s descent on Staten Island
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Last night, General Mercer passed over to Staten Island with part of the troops posted at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and advanced within a few miles of Richmond town, having been informed that a company of British troops, one…
General Howe’s Long Island Speech
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 6. –A meeting of a large body of the inhabitants of Long Island, New York, was held, at which the following speech was delivered by an American recruiting officer in the Provincials, now raising for his Majesty’s service,…