Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel: During His Residence in America (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Memoirs, and Letters and Journals, of Major General Riedesel: During His Residence in America

On the 8th of January, the American Colonel Hawley, with his men, was on guard behind the barracks on Brpspeg hill. In front of one of the barracks stood eight English soldiers belonging to the 9th Regiment. They were engaged in conver sation, when suddenly the above mentioned colonel ran in among them with a drawn dagger like a maniac, and in an instant mortally wounded two of the group. The cause, if any, that led him to commit this outrageous act has ever remained a secret. The indignation and bitter feeling of the English toward their jailors were increased by this event to the highest pitch; and General Burgoyne, in an energetic letter, demanded of General Heath the arrest of Colonel Hawley and a strict investigation.

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1. Pioneer History of (he Champlain Valley: being an account of the Settlement of the town of Willsborough, by William Gilliland, together with his Journal and other papers, and a Memoir, and Historical and Illustrative Notes, by Winslow C. Watson, Esq. 1863, pp. 231, cloth, $3: 30 large paper copies were printed, but none remain.

2. Sir Charles Henry Frankland, Baronet; or, Boston in Colonial Times, by Elias Nason, M. A. 1865, pp. 129, cloth, $2.50; large paper copies, $5.

3. Random Recollections of Albany, 1800 to 1808, by Gorham A. Worth; with Notes, and numerous portraits and plates, on steel and wood. 1866, pp. 144, $3; large paper, $6.

4. History of Lake Champlain, from its Exploration by the French in 1609, to the close of the year 1814. by Hon. Peter S. Palmer, plans of naval actions. 18GG, pp. 250, cloth, $3.50; large paper, $7.50.

5. The Sexagenary, or Recollections of the Revolutionary War, [by S. De Witt Bloodgood, Esq.] portraits of Schuyler, Burgoyne and Lady Harriet Ackland. 1866, pp. 234, cloth, $3; large paper $6.

6. Letters and Journals relating to the War of the American Revolution, and the capture of the German Troops at Saratoga, by Mrs. General Riedesel; translated from the original German, by William L. Stone; portrait of Madame Riedesel. 1867, pp. 233, cloth, $300; large paper, $7. Of this work 20 copies were printed in 4to, at $20.

7 Tah-Gah-Jute; or Logan and Cresap, an Historical Essay, by Brantz Mayer (a vindication of Capt. Cresap against the charge of murdering the family of Logan, etc.) 1867, 8vo, pp. 204, cloth, $2.50; large paper, $6.

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