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Burning of Fairfield & the coastal towns of Connecticut...
Burning of Fairfield & the coastal towns of Connecticut...
Item # 687105
July 15, 1779
THE INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE AND THE UNIVERSAL ADVERTISER, Boston, July 15, 1779
* Very rare American Revolutionary War publication
* Burning of Fairfield, Connecticut - William Tyron
* Paul Revere masthead engraving for display
The masthead features an engraving taken from one done by Paul Revere, showing a soldier holding a sword and a document inscribed "Independence" while standing beneath a banner inscribed "Appeal To Heaven" and surrounded by ornate embellishments.
The entire front page (and a bit of page 2) is taken up with a lengthy letter which responds to his reading of the address of the Congress to the inhabitants of the united states. Included is: "...if we be not wanting to ourselves we shall surely surmount the evil & sufferings of the present day, and ascertain the beloved object INDEPENDENCY. For the obtaining which so many of our virtuous countrymen have bled and died..." and so much more, with some discussion on the value of taxation.
Page 2 has a report noting that: "...his Excellency General Washington dismissed the militia of New Jersey with thanks for their alacrity in turning out..." and also that; "General Washington's head quarters are removed to New Windsor, eight miles above West Point."
Then a letter from North-central Pennsylvania on events in the Wyalusing, Chemong, Easton, Tioga, & Wyoming (Pa.) regions, and the Susquehanna River. Then a military-themed letter from an officer at Salem.
Page 3 begins with a nice account of Tryon's Raid which occurred in July, in which 2700 men, led by British Major General William Tryon, raided the Connecticut ports of New Haven, Fairfield, and Norwalk. They destroyed military and public stores, supply houses, and ships as well as private homes, churches, and other public buildings. The raids were ineffectually resisted by militia forces.
Also on page 2 is a further account of the action in Fairfield and elsewhere in Connecticut, including: "...A number of women...were ravished by the Britons in Connecticut, in sight of their nearest friends & connections; and a number of persons killed in cold blood. Just as the conflagration of Fairfield began, eight or nine of the British soldiers took the opportunity to desert...that New Haven was spared from burning, not through lenity, but from the intercession of some influential tories at New York who had an interest there...that all the sea-ports in Connecticut were to be laid in ashes..." with more.
The account also has some reports concerning the war in the South.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, a bit irregular at the bottom margin but no loss of type, nice condition. A nice, displayable newspaper from the middle of the Revolutionary War.
The account also has some reports concerning the war in the South.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, a bit irregular at the bottom margin but no loss of type, nice condition. A nice, displayable newspaper from the middle of the Revolutionary War.
Category: Revolutionary War
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