From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 6. –This day 1 the old South Meeting-house in Boston was crowded with nobility and some gentlemen. The selectmen with Adams, Church, Hancock, Cooper, and others, assembled in the pulpit, which was covered with black, and we all…
All posts in P-S
Affiliate Link
 |
New York Union Flag – Meeting at the Exchange
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Early this morning preparations were made for the meeting at the Exchange in New York. A union flag with a red field was hoisted on the liberty-pole, where at nine o’clock the friends of freedom assembled, and having got…
Leslie at Salem – Danvers Militia
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 28. –Last Sunday [February 26] an attempt was made by a regiment of the king’s troops, under Colonel Leslie, to seize some brass cannon which General Gage had heard was deposited at or near Salem, Massachusetts. The troops…
Mob at Worcester – Courts Closed at Springfield
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 8. –A writer in Boston1 addresses the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts as follows: — To the Massachusetts Congress. “Your assuming the government of Massachusetts Bay, makes it unnecessary for me to make any apology for addressing you in…
Elizabethtown Riot – Judge Hampton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 18. –A few days ago a riot occurred at Elizabethtown in Jersey. The scene opened between twelve and one o’clock, with seizing a poor Staten Islander, for no other crime than because some people of that ever loyal…