1780-06-07 Connecticut Farms Archives

British Account of the Operations in Jersey – British Account of Mrs. Caldwell’s Death

June 21, 1780April 25, 2013Frank Moore1780-06-07 Connecticut Farms, Revolutionary America, Rivington's Gazette

From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. A British officer gives the following account of the recent operations of the royal army in New Jersey:—”On Tuesday night, (6th,) the British troops made their first landing upon Elizabethtown meadows, and were crossed over by divisions in succession…

Knyphausen’s Attack on Connecticut Farms – Murder of Mrs. Caldwell

June 13, 1780April 25, 2013Frank Moore1780-06-07 Connecticut Farms, New Jersey Journal, Pennsylvania Packet, Revolutionary America, Women

From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 9.—Last Tuesday night, (6th,) between eleven and twelve o’clock, a body of the British, commanded by General Knyphausen in person, landed at Elizabethtown Point, in Jersey, who, being timely discovered by the American guards, gave the troops that…