From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 26. –Tuesday last, a number of ships with troops on board, sailed from Staten Island out of the Narrows; next day they were followed by many more, and about ten o’clock Thursday morning, about ten thousand men landed…
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General Howe’s Long Island Speech
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 6. –A meeting of a large body of the inhabitants of Long Island, New York, was held, at which the following speech was delivered by an American recruiting officer in the Provincials, now raising for his Majesty’s service,…
Zedwitz’s Letter
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. August 31. –A few days ago, a most infamous letter from Colonel Zedwitz to Tryon, the late governor of New York, was intercepted and fell into our hands.1 After presenting his compliments in a formal manner to Lord Howe,…
Battle of Long Island
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 3. –General Howe gives the following account of the late action on Long Island: On the twenty-second of last month, in the morning, the British, with Colonel Donop’s corps of Chasseurs and Hessian grenadiers, disembarked near Utrecht on…
Independence Declared in Bridgetown – Elmer’s Address
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. The committee of inspection for the county of Cumberland, in the State of New Jersey, the officers of the militia, and a great number of other inhabitants, having met at Bridgetown, went in procession to the court-house, where the…