New York City During the American Revolution: Being a Collection of Original Papers (now First Published) from the Manuscripts in the Possession of the Mercantile Library Association, of New York City |
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Page 162 - ... any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property ; and that those who may be in confinement on such charges, at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America, shall be immediately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenced be discontinued.
Page 136 - CAPTAIN GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF IN AND OVER THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK and the territories depending thereon in America...
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Page 162 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 43 - TH E LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR declares he will do nothing in Relation to the STAMPS, but leave it to Sir HENR.Y MOORE, to do as J..~ pleaies, on his Arrival.
Page 60 - Magistrates and assist them in preventing any interruption to the Troops. As soon as the Troops marched from the Barracks, several People began to harangue them, exhorting them to desert, and assuring them of sufficient Protection Two or three fellows had the hardiness to turn off with their arms, from the Ranks, and were immediately carried away by the People, when the Troops got upon the...
Page 79 - Dust, his head taken off and next morning in a wheelbarrow carried to His Excellency's Quarters. I was told there is a large quantity of lead about it which is to be run into Bullets to destroy his Myrmidons. I suppose you have heard of ye execution of one of the General's...
Page 43 - JOHN STEVENS. The Freemen, Freeholders, and Inhabitants of this city, being satisfied that the stamps are not to be issued, are determined to keep the peace of the city, at all events, except they should have other cause of complaint.1 " Before night, notices were posted directly under the above, in all the public places, inviting a meeting in the " Fields " on Tuesday evening, November 5, and requesting every man to come armed for the purpose of storming the.fort.
Page 95 - We had some grand toory rides in this city this week," wrote Peter Elting, June 13, 1776. Yesterday " several of them ware hondled verry roughly, being caried trugh the streets on rails, there cloaths tore from there becks, and there bodies pritty well mingled with the dust." Rapelje was one of the victims. " There is hardly a toory face to be seen this morning," said Elting, in continuation.
Page 79 - The Pretty Fellows are in safe custody and I hope I shall be able to give you a better account of them in my next." Under date of "New York Gen1 Hospital, July 13, 1776," he says, in a letter to his brother : "Dear Billy :— I received yours by Mr. Arnold, sometime since and about a week after that by Mr. Greene, tho' of an earlier date than ye others.