From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 17. –Last night a detachment from the camp at Cambridge, marched to Charlestown, and there took possession of Breed’s Hill, about half a mile from the ferry. Their intrenching tools not coming up in season, it was twelve…
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Tarring at Charleston
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 8. –This forenoon, Laughlin Martin and John Dealy were carried through the principal streets of Charleston, South Carolina, in complete suits of tar and feathers. The very indecent and daring behavior of the two culprits, in several instances,…
Gage’s Proclamation
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 12. –To-day General Gage has issued a proclamation, offering pardon in the king’s name to all those, excepting Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who will forthwith lay down their arms, and return to their usual occupations. Those who…
Noddle’s Island
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. May 30. –A Captain who was lately seized by Admiral Greaves and taken into Boston, has just come out; he says he was at the wharf at Noddle’s island when the battle began. The master of the Diana schooner…
Connecticut Grandmother
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A gentleman who travelled lately through Connecticut, informs us that he met with an old gentlewoman who told him that she had fitted out and sent five sons and eleven grandsons to Boston, when she heard of the engagement…