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…
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Negro Plot in Ulster Co.
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Last night, Mr. John Schoonmaker, being in bed at his house in Ulster county, New York, overheard the following conversation between his own negro York, and a negro named Joe, belonging to Mr. Johannes Schoonmaker. York. How many? Joe.…
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…
Old Women’s Petition
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 1. –The following “Petition” came to my hand by accident; whether it is to be presented to the Assembly now sitting at Philadelphia, the next Congress or Committee, I cannot say. But it is certainly going forward, and…
A Patriotic Minister
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 23. –Some time ago a Presbyterian minister, not far distant from North Haven, Connecticut, applied to a lieutenant of the militia to step into the market and give him the words of command, in order to his performing…