Notes and Queries Source: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 44, No. 1 (1920), pp. 92-95 Published by: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20086407 . Accessed: 15/05/2014 00:48 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . The Historical Society of Pennsylvania is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 193.105.154.16 on Thu, 15 May 2014 00:48:00 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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Notes and QueriesSource: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 44, No. 1 (1920), pp. 92-95Published by: The Historical Society of PennsylvaniaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20086407 .
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The account was paid December 6, 1783. 148* Dollars
The Hon1. Baron Steuben To J Mc.Lean & C?. Dr.
1784 Octr. 24 To printing 200 Pamplets, on the Subject of ai
Military establishment, on the best Writing Post > ?20,0.0. Sewed in Marble Paper & Gilt round the Edges J
New York 10th October 1785 Recd the above in full bv a Draft on William Duer Esqr
For J McLean & Coa.
Cholmley Douglas. ?20.0.0.
Battles of Bunker Hill and Monmouth.?The following references to the Battles of Bunker Hill and Monmouth extracted from the
diary of George Inman, February 7, 1782?January 31, 1789, contain additional details than are given in "George Inman's Narrative of the American Revolution," Penna. Mag. Hist, and Biog., Vol VII, p. 237.
G. B. K.
June 28, 1785. "This day seven years ago memorable for the action at Monmouth, Jersey, America, wherein near 60 of the British soldiers fell dead in the ranks with heat and fatigue, and many of the Rebels.
The action began about ten in the morning and continued with various
success, marching, counter-marching, and manoeuvring during most of the day, which was excessive hot?no water to be got, the Rebels having in their march filled up all the wells. The baggage being attacked
by a party of the Rebels in a thick wood about five miles from where I was engaged, Mrs. Inman being in a coach in the line of baggage and that part which was attacked very narrowly escaped being shot; a horse directly in the rear of the carriages was killed, and two
women by the side of it. But my dear Mrs I, thank God, was pre served, and, after suffering as much as any person could, what from
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fright, fatigue and anxiety for my safety, got to the halting ground about one o'clock the following morning and remained in the coach till nine, when I came up and pitched a tent for her, and, getting some breakfast, restored her drooping spirits. We proceeded toward
Sandy Hook the following evening, and in a few days after arrived safe at New York, to the greatest satisfaction of both.
June 29, 178a.. This.day seven years ago my commission was signed for the 26th Regiment.
June 17, 1785.?"Just ten years since the battle of Bunker Hill near
Boston, America. On that memorable occasion I first took upon myself the name of a soldier, contrary to the wishes of my father and friends in that country, as I acted in favour of Government and joined His
Majesty's forces in that action as a volunteer, under Sir William Howe, who commanded the attack, with about 2000 men, out of which number near eleven hundred non-commissioned officers and privates were killed and wounded and about eighty officers; the loss of the Rebels very in
considerable, only about 100 found on the field, among these was General Warren, who commanded the first redoubt (late a surgeon in
Boston),* and about 30 taken prisoners, and confined in Boston goal. Charlestown was consumed to ashes, owing to the Rebels firing from their houses on the British forces who made the attack under every disadvantage. The grass being high impeded their march, the day hot, and the Rebels strongly intrenched line within line. And in short it was a gallant action which could not have been effected by any other than British troops."
The First War Medal in America, Issued by New Jersey.?Dr. Carlos E. Godfrey, of Trenton, N. J., says: "It is not generally knowTn that New Jersey was the first of the English Colonies to recognize the valor of its soldiers by conferring the War Medal upon its men for
gallantry in action. The incident in question occurred on June 14, 1758, when our troops were engaged against the Indians on the northwest frontiers of the Colony, and which is related by Captain Jonathan
Hampton in a letter published in Volume 20 of the New Jersey Archives at page 241. In consequence of this communication the General As
sembly of the Colony of New Jersey directed, in Section 21 of an Act
passed August 12, 1758, that a 'Silver Medal' should be presented to Sergeant John Vantyle and a lad surnamed Titsort, 'whereon shall be inscribed the Burst or Figure of an Indian prostrate at the Feet of the said Vantyle and Lad aforesaid, importing their Victory over
them, and to commemorate their Bravery and their Country's Gratitude on the Occasion, which Medals, the said Vantyle and Lad aforesaid, shall or may wear in View at all such publick Occasions which they
may happen to attend, to excite an Emulation and kindle a martial Fire in the Breast of the Spectators, so truly essential in this Time of General War.'
"Neither of these two medals are known to exist. In speaking of the incident, and quoting the section of the act above referred to, The New
York Mercury on October 2, 1758, said: 'In an Act of the General
Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, passed the 12th of last August at Burlington, we find the following remarkable Paragraph, which we think can't be disagreeable to our Readers to insert here, as it must
please every true Lover of his Country.' "
* Dr. John Jeffries, of Boston, surgeon on a British ship-of-the-line
in Boston harbor, assisted in dressing the wounded after the battle of Bunker Hill, and it is said, identified the body of Gen. Warren in the presence of Sir William Howe.
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Account of James Beadfoed at Peinceton College. Dr.
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Philadelphia Feb. 21. 1771 Received the Contents Jno. Witherspoon
Numbeb of Houses in Philadelphia, 1749, 1753, 1760 and 1769.? The Houses in the City of Philadelphia and its Suburbs, having been counted at the following Periods, we beg leave to lay the fame before our kind Cuftomers.
Houfes In the Year 1749 they amounted to. 2076
1753 . 2300 1760 .\ . . . 2969
And in December, 1769, they amounted as follows, exclufive of Public
Letter of John P. Boyd to His Sister, Mrs. Margaret Storer.
Camp 2 miles above Cornwall Canada Nov 12. 1813?
My Dear Sister A Battle was fought yesterday in which your Brother bore a principal
part and trusts, in the approbation of his Country, It was the most inveterate contest, perhaps recorded by the American Army.
I lead into the field 1500 men without Artillery untill the latter
part of the affair, The Enemy were not less than 1800 regulars, their number of militia, and Indians not counted,?well supplied with Artil
lery. Supported by the heavy cannon of 9 gunboats, yet we drove them from ravine to ravine, untill they found shelter under the enfilading destruction of their Gunboats.
My duty being accomplished a retrograde move became necessary, and we resumed our former position to cover the flotilla. By this move we had to cross a deep ravine, by a narrow bridge enfiladed by the numerous artillery and Gunboats by which we lost one piece of artillery which had been brought into the field, late in the action, and several of our wounded officers, among whom I have to lament the gallant young Townsend who lost a leg; our division had been under arms two days & nights, encountering incessant rains without tents, yet they have never been equalled in zeal & bravery?our loss is great, but we have reason to believe that of the enemy exceeded it, Young Whiting exceeds all praise, he is the most intrepid Soldier I ever saw in battle,
Heaven has spared your Brother to say he is Yours affectionately,
N.B. John P. Boyd. The Battle was fought at Williamsburg 20 miles above this. This
scrawl is for the private perusal of my Brothers & SisWs. T X? T?
J?oofc notices.
The True La Fayette. By George Morgan. Philadelphia, J. B.
Lippincott Co., 1919. 8vo, pp. 489. Illustrated. Price $2.50 net. American books about La Fayette are few and far between. Mr. Tower's
important work covers his campaigns in the United States, but in this new life the author presents his character and career from birth to death, for his life was one of action, and his one great creed, Liberty.
At nineteen he left a young wife, riches, honors and court gayeties in order that he might help us in our struggle for independence, and he was helpful in bringing about the French Alliance; then we read of his prolonged efforts to overthrow the despotism in France; his escape from the guillotine; his five years' imprisonment; his independent stand
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grateful.
The Degeadation of the Democratic Dogma. By Henry Adams, with an Introduction by Brooks Adams. New York, The Macmillan Co., 1919. 8vo, pp. 317. Price $2.50.
This new book is a record of the gathering of data in the department of human government by three generations of America's most distin
guished thinkers, whose lives cover almost the entire period of the American experiment. Here are included three brilliant essays?ex pressing and emphasizing the creed which has become the heritage of
Henry Adams. The result may be summed up in this remarkable con clusion: Vox populi non est vox Dei. As in physics, so also in mind
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