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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Washingtoniana. -1857 (search)
e Island, and 1,282 in the city of New York and the rural districts subscribed a declaration of fidelity to the British King. Just before the limited time for the operation of this proclamation expired, Lord George Germain issued orders to the Howes not to let the undeserving escape that punishment which is due to their crimes, and which it will be expedient to inflict for the sake of example to futurity. At about the same time Washington issued a proclamation from Morristown, N. J. (Jan. 25, 1777), in the name of the United States, that those who had accepted British protection should withdraw within the enemy's lines, or take the oath of allegiance to the United States of America. There immediately arose a conflict of sovereignties. Clark, a Representative in Congress from New Jersey, declared that an oath of allegiance to the United States was absurd before confederation. Washington had taken the broad ground, from the moment of the Declaration of Independence, that the thir