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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
tudent in King's (Columbia) College, assisted in securing the cannon.] Col. Ethan Allen taken prisoner with thirty-eight men by the British near Montreal......Sept. 25, 1775 Montreal captured by Gen. Richard Montgomery......Nov. 13, 1775 General Montgomery attempts the capture of Quebec; he is killed and the Americans repulsed......Dec. 31, 1775 On the news of the Declaration of Independence, the leaden statue of the King of England in New York is made into 42,000 bullets......July 6, 1776 Northern army falls back from Crown Point to Ticonderoga......July 7, 1776 New York Provincial Congress at White Plains sanctions the Declaration of Independence, making the thirteen colonies unanimous......July 9, 1776 [This Congress meets four times up to July 9, 1776, when it takes the name Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York, meeting at Kingston.] One sloop, three schooners, and five smaller boats, carrying fifty-eight guns and eighty-six swivels,
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 21: Newspapers, 1775-1860 (search)
The newspapers made use of such assistance, and did service in further spreading the tidings, though they seldom overtook the flying word of mouth. Naturally, reporting was still imperfect. The Salem Gazette printed a full but coloured account of the battle of Lexington, giving details of the burning, pillage, and barbarities charged to the British, and praising the militia who were filled with higher sentiments of humanity. The Declaration of Independence was published by Congress, 6 July, 1776, in the Philadelphia Evening post, from which it was copied by most of the papers; but some of them did not mention it until two weeks later, and even then found room for only a synopsis. When they were permitted to do so they printed fairly full accounts of the proceedings of provincial assemblies and of Congress, which were copied widely, as were all official reports and proclamations. On the whole, however, a relatively small proportion of such material and an inadequate account of t