The Battle Of Groton Heights A Collection Of Narratives Official Reports Records C Of The Storming Of Fort Griswold And The Burning Of New L

Author : William W. Harris
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ISBN 13 : 9781332809530
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of Groton Heights written by William W. Harris and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Battle of Groton Heights: A Collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc;, Of the Storming of Fort Griswold IN the History of Connecticut, written by A gentleman of the prov ince (rev. Samuel A. Peters), and printed in 1781, are many things which show that this Colony was filled very early with revolutionary sen timents, and became an object; of extreme hostility among the British. He says that Governor Trumbull wrote a letter April 28, 1775, to General Gage, at Boston, from which he quotes as follows: But at the same time, we beg leave to assure your Excellency that, as they [the people of this Colony] apprehend themselves justified by the principles of self - de fence, so they are most firmly resolved to defend their rights and privi leges to the last extremity nor will they be restrained from giving aid to their brethren, if any unjustifiable attack is made upon them. He adds, of the Colony: They had commissioned Motte and Phelps to draft men from the militia for a secret expedition which proved to be against Ticonderoga and Crown Point; and the treasurer of the Colony, by order of the Governor and Council, had paid to bear their expenses. After these remarks he adds Thus did Connecticut, from its hot-bed of fanaticism and sedition, produce the first indubitable overt act of high treason in the present rebellion, by actually levying war, and taking, vi ct armis, the King's forts and Stores; and, most probably its oesti nacy will render this the last OF all the revol'i'ed states To acknowledge the supremacy OF parliament. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.