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“excepting only from the benefit of such pardon, Samuel Adams and John Hancock”
On June 12, 2023 by trappedinthe18thIn this exigency of complicated calamities, I avail myself of the last effort within the bounds of my duty, to spare the effusion of blood; to offer, and I do hereby in his Majesty’s name, offer and promise, his most gracious pardon in all who shall forthwith lay down their arms, and return to the
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“my health is quite infirm”
On June 10, 2023 by trappedinthe18thDr. Church returns today, and, with smarting eyes, I must write a few lines to you. I never had in my life such severe duty to do, and was never worse qualified to do it. My eyes depress my spirits, and my health is quite infirm. Yet I keep about, and attend Congress very constantly.
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“The people in this house seemed to be quite savage and rude”
On April 14, 2023 by trappedinthe18thAfter riding ten miles thro’ woods and marshes, in which we were pestered with mosquitoes, we arrived at eight o’clock at night at one Brewster’s, where we put up for all night, and in this house we could get nothing either to eat or drink, and so were obliged to go to bed fasting or
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A subject of importance, and of no small embarrassment
On April 3, 2023 by trappedinthe18thDear Sir, I am now set down to write to you on a subject of importance, and of no small embarrassment to me. My son – in – law and ward, Mr. Custis, has, as I have been informed, paid his addresses to your second daughter, and, having made some progress in her affections, has
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John Graves Simcoe’s love letter on Valentine’s Day
On February 14, 2023 by trappedinthe18th”Fairest Maid, where all Is fair, Beauty’s pride and Nature’s care; To you my heart I must resign, O choose me for your Valentine! Love, Mighty God! Thou knows’t full well, where all thy Mother’s graces dwell, Where they inhabit and combine to fix thy power with spells divine; Thou knows’t what powerful magick lies
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James Thacher about abandoning Fort Ticonderoga
On July 5, 2022 by trappedinthe18thDoctor James Tacher (1754-1844), surgeon of the Continental Army documented his life and work during the Revolutionary War. He witnessed may pivotal moments of this big historical event. He was there, when General Arthur St. Clair abandoned Fort Ticonderoga on 5th July 1777. Here it is, what Thacher wrote in his journal about that day
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“He hungers after such and such women”
On March 20, 2022 by trappedinthe18th“Secondly, that what is commonly called love, namely, the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh, is by no means that passion for which I here contend. This is indeed more properly hunger; and as no glutton is ashamed to apply the word love to his appetite,
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Lady Craven’s first impressions of Cherson (1786)
On March 9, 2022 by trappedinthe18thThis place is situated upon the Dneiper, called by the ancients, the Boristhenes; which falls into the Black Sea; the only inconvenience of the docks here is that the ships, when built, are obliged to be taken with camels into that part of the channel deep enough to receive them — The town is not
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“and began to ascend the Alps”
On June 11, 2021 by trappedinthe18th“During the first days of this journey among the Alps, the scenery exhibited a wonderful mixture of solitude and inhabitation, of cultivation and barrenness. On the edge of tremendous precipices, and within the hollow of the cliffs, below which the clouds often floated, were seen villages, spires, and convent towers; while green pastures and vineyards
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“I learned also to love the Indians”
On April 14, 2021 by trappedinthe18thHere , too , among the primitive worthies of the settlement , I learnt that love of truth and sim plicity which I found a charm against artifice and pretension of every kind . I learned also to love the Indians , who were always well received and well treated by the kind – hearted