From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Colonel Delancey told a good story last night at Panton’s, of General Robertson and the commander-in-chief’s cook. It is well known that the general is almost too fond of the table, and he especially feels his failing at this…
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Reasons for the Defeat at Savannah
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The following are some of the reasons that have been assigned why the assault on Savannah did not succeed, viz.: First. The enemy had a much more numerous garrison than had been represented, being said to consist of about…
Lord Cavendish – Edmund Burke
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 1.—Notwithstanding the flattering accounts of the British affairs published in some of the late New York papers, the wise men of the British Parliament draw a most melancholy picture of the calamitous circumstances of this and of their…
The Advantages of the Revolution
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The advantage, says a correspondent, of the revolution that has taken place in America, to all the lovers of liberty in Europe, must be immense. It seems to be a dispensation of Heaven favorable to them, as Well as…
Washington Escapes Drowning
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 6.—Advices from the country are, that General Washington and Mr. Mead, his aide-de-camp, and his adjutant-general, were near being drowned last Saturday week [November 27?] by the overturning of a whale boat at a place called Sandy Point,…