From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 16.—Our correspondents beyond the lines, says Rivington, give as a most melancholy description of the wretchedness of the inhabitants of all parts of the country. The increase of the numbers who are for peace and the re-union, by…
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Hathaway and Smith’s Adventure – Simsbury Mines
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 6.—This day arrived at New York, Ebenezer Hathaway and Thomas Smith, who, on the 18th of May last, made their escape from Simsbury Mines,1 after a most gallant struggle for their liberty. These men declare, that they were…
The “Back Shad” at New Jersey
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 1.—We hear from Newark, in New Jersey, that a few days since, a number of persons who live near the mountains, and from their wickedness and poverty have properly acquired the appellation of the Back Shad, in consequence…
Congress Bankrupt
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 7.—The Congress is finally bankrupt! Last Saturday a large body of the inhabitants with paper dollars in their hats by way of cockades, paraded the streets of Philadelphia, carrying colors flying, with a dog tarred, and instead of…
The French and British Fleets meet off Virginia
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 28.—Chevalier d’Astouches, with the French fleet, lately returned to Rhode Island from an unsuccessful encounter with the British squadron in the Chesapeake. The subjoined relation of his recent operations, is given by a writer at Newport:— “The gale…