From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 1.—We hear, from good authority, that independent of the cruelties and oppressions of the new States, which have alienated the minds of the people from their new systems of government, and the petty tyrants in possession of them,…
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Jerseymen Visit Flatbush
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Last Saturday night, about eleven o’clock, a small party of rebels, from Jersey, landed at New Utrecht, on Long Island, and immediately proceeded to Flatbush, where several gentlemen of New York have country houses. The rebels, being well informed…
Attempt to Burn Tiverton
May 31.—Last week, a party of British troops, from Rhode Island, made a descent upon the towns of Bristol and Warren, and after plundering and destroying all they could lay their hands on, they made a hasty retreat. This morning, about daybreak, another party from the same place, consisting of one hundred and fifty men,…
Appeal to the Tories
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A writer in New York offers the following appeal to the loyal inhabitants of America: My honest countrymen:—I presume you have, for the most part, read such articles of a treaty between France and the Congress, as the latter…
The Conciliatory Bill
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 20.—A Correspondent writes as follows: The conciliatory bill is not founded on any secret negotiation whatever. The noble person who introduced it1 formed it upon the state of the nation, and the situation of the times. Though the…