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Benedict Arnold is determined he can subdue America... Washington & the Asgill Affair...
Benedict Arnold is determined he can subdue America... Washington & the Asgill Affair...
Item # 681154
July 18, 1782
THE ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, London, July 18, 1782 Page 3 has much reporting from America concerning the end-of-war events.
It begins with a report headed "America" from Savannah concerning a skirmish with the Creek Indians. Also: "...65 mounted Rebels, under the command of Paddy Carr...crossed the Alatamaha & marched to New Hope Plantation...The rebels having inhumanly butchered in cold blood, one Hoover, a loyal refugee..." with more.
Another account mentions: "It is said that General Arnold, who is of all men on earth the fittest for the enterprise, when we consider his bravery & intimate knowledge of the weakness of the Americans, has offered to administration, pledging his life on the event, to subdue America if he is furnished with 5000 men...".
Also on the Asgill Affair: "There is a mistake in the account of General Washington's conduct towards Captain Asgill...that young officer's lot not having been drawn by the gentlemen of the British army but by the Americans themselves. The true state of that affair is as follows: General Washington, on hearing that Huddy had been executed..." with more on the details of that unfortunate event.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, red tax stamp on the front page, good condition.
Category: Revolutionary War
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