…of Any One Department of Government by Appealing to the People Through a Convention For the Independent Journal Saturday, February 2, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE author of the “Notes on the State of Virginia,” quoted in the last paper, has subjoined to that valuable work the draught of…
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Monmouth County Tories
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 19.—The Tory freebooters, who have their haunts and caves in the pines, and have been for some time past a terror to the inhabitants of Monmouth county, in the Jerseys, have, during the course of the present week,…
The Ship James at Sandy Hook
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. February 16. –On Thursday morning, the 2d instant, the ship James, Captain Watson, arrived at New York from Glasgow, with a cargo of coals and dry goods, but as she did not arrive within the time prescribed by the…