Journal And Correspondence Of The Maryland Council Of Safety Aug 29 1775 Mar 20 1777

Author : William Hand Browne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260544575
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety written by William Hand Browne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal and Correspondence of the Maryland Council of Safety: July 7-December 31, 1776 In the preface to the preceding volume of the Maryland Archives, the origin, nature and duties Of the Council of Safety were explained. The present continues the journal and correspondence during the critical and eventful year, 1776. The military movements, during the period covered by this volume, were, in brief, as follows: The theatre of war had been changed from the Eastern States to New York. The British land forces were under the command of Gen. Howe, and the navy under his brother, Admiral Lord Howe. For the Americans to hold New York City, it was necessary that they Should possess Brooklyn Heights, which were occupied by Gen. Putnam with a force of about 9000 men, Of whom about one-half, under Sullivan and Stirling, were thrown forward to defend the approaches. On August 22, Gen. Howe crossed over from Staten Island with men, and on the 27th defeated the Americans at the battle Of Long Island, of which a highly interesting account will be found in Gen. Smallwood's letter on p. 338. On the night of the 29th, Washington withdrew his forces across the East River to New York. 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.