Rumors from New York
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 2.—The intelligence to-day, that may be depended upon, is, that the British have made a very...
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From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. October 19.—The Governor of New York hath issued a proclamation, recommending to the inhabitants of that...
View ArticleThe Eve of the Revolution, Chapter V: A Little Discreet Conduct
It has been his [Thomas Hutchinson's] principle from a boy that mankind are to be governed by the discerning few, and it has been ever since his ambition to be the hero of the few.–Samuel Adams. We...
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The Continental Army, Chapter VII
Perseverance to Victory The first two years of the War of American Independence witnessed the growth of the Continental Army from a nucleus of New England and New York units patterned after the...
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