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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grand remonstrance, the. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kearny , Stephen Watts 1794 -1847 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Staten Island , expedition to (search)
Staten Island, expedition to
When Howe sailed southward (June, 1777) he left about 3,000 men, one-third of them loyalists, on Staten Island.
Washington, who was watching Howe's movements, had placed Sullivan, with his division, near the coast in New Jersey.
The British on the island continually plundered the Jerseymen on the main.
Some of these plunderers, stationed nearly opposite Amboy, were attacked by Sullivan (Aug. 22) with about 1,000 men. He took several prisoners, and among the spoils were the records and papers of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, which revealed such defection in the cause of the patriots that the Congress advised the council of Pennsylvania to arrest eleven of the leading and wealthy members of that society.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sullivan , John 1740 -1795 (search)