From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A Correspondent in London says: In the fate of the mercenary Hessians employed against our fellow subjects in America, we may read the disapprobation, and mark the manifest intervention of Heaven. Of the private men who embarked from Hesse…
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Justice and Revenge
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The good of the community, the safety and security of the individuals, is the direct and ultimate end of civil government. Therefore, that is politically and really just, which is necessary to this end. Goodness and benevolence to the…
Count D’Estaing
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 9.—The family of the Count D’Estaing is very ancient, and the only one in France allowed to bear the king’s arms, with a small distinction denoting a subject. It has enjoyed this extraordinary honor for near eight hundred…
British Army at New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The British army is now arrived at New York from Philadelphia; some little time ago they arrived at Philadelphia from New York. How finely, says a correspondent, are the charges sunk. From Philadelphia to New York, to Long Island,…
Guy Carleton leaves America
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. This afternoon sailed for England his Majesty’s ship Montreal, commanded by Stair Douglass, Esquire, having on board Lieutenant-General Sir Guy Carleton, Knight of the Bath, and late Governor of Canada, over which he has presided since the 27th of…