From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 22. –Behold A Coward!–The public is desired to take notice, that Daniel Pittee, ensign in Captain Timothy Stow’s company, Colonel Wheelock’s regiment, applied at head-quarters for a discharge, upon hearing the enemy were likely to attack our lines.…
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Mercer’s descent on Staten Island
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Last night, General Mercer passed over to Staten Island with part of the troops posted at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and advanced within a few miles of Richmond town, having been informed that a company of British troops, one…
Loyal Strictures
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. It is an observation of the celebrated Montesquieu, “that individuals rarely incline to part with power–great bodies never.” The conduct of the Congress furnishes another instance of the truth of this remark. Though it is the grand interest of…
Meeting at New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 16. –This morning, at ten o’clock, the members of his Majesty’s council, the judges, and all the other well affected citizens, who were not driven away by the hand of violence, or sent prisoners to other provinces, met…
British Enter New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 16. –Yesterday morning, about eleven o’clock, the British troops, under cover of a tremendous fire from eight or ten ships-of-war, effected a landing near Mr. Stuyvesant’s house in the Bowery, and in a few hours after took possession…