From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 18. –The committee appointed by Congress some time ago to inquire into the conduct of the British troops in their different marches through New York and New Jersey, have to-day reported: –That in every place where the enemy…
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Tea Troubles at Fishkill
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 14. –Yesterday, a number of women belonging to Fishkill, in Duchess county, New York, collected together in order to purchase some tea of Alderman Lefferts, of New York, as he had a large quantity of it there, which…
Mob at Worcester – Courts Closed at Springfield
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…
A Prayer for a Man, convinced that it is his Duty to marry, for Direction in the Choice of a Wife
O Almighty, ever-living God, who, after thou hadst made all things out of nothing, and man after thy own divine image, didst say, “It is not good that man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him;” look down, O Lord, on the work of thine own hands, and hearken to…
Travelling is One Way of Lengthening Life
To Mary Stevenson Dear Polly Paris, Sept. 14. 1767 I am always pleas’d with a Letter from you, and I flatter myself you may be sometimes pleas’d in receiving one from me, tho’ it should be of little Importance, such as this, which is to consist of a few occasional Remarks made here and in…