{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3680", "width": "2237", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "m^^i--\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I.\\ny yva [r^Wyirti.V Jtfii\u00c2\u00bb7 C3t i\\nLibrary of Congress.\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.\\nChap. _ _E._tL_w. 2i*..\\nShelf.. .J.^^A^~A\\nEdwin Howard Brigham.\\nHIS BOOK.", "height": "3679", "width": "2174", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": ".T- (L\\nr5\\\\", "height": "3711", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3679", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3711", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3679", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.", "height": "3711", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3679", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL\\nOF\\nLIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS,\\nAPRIL 1 TO JULY 29,\\n1776.\\nEDITED BY\\nEDWAKD BANGS.\\nCAMBRIDGE\\nJOHN WILSON AND SON.\\nSaniijersttg l|3rcss.\\n1890.", "height": "3711", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": ".\u00e2\u0096\u00a05^\\ni", "height": "3694", "width": "2071", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nI HAVE had an edition of one hundred copies of this jour-\\nnal of my great-uncle printed, not so much because it has\\nany particular historical value as because it gives a rather\\nquaint picture of the social life of the time, and shows, at\\nfirst hand, something of the feelings that actuated the con-\\nduct of the young patriots of that day, feelings which, with\\nregard to the poor, persecuted Tories, seem now rather exag\\ngerated, while, as to the man George, we, whose mas-\\nters chastise us with scorpions, incline to look back upon his\\nfeeble whip with a sad sense of regret, and to be not a little\\namused at the way in which our ancestors worked themselves\\nup into complaining so loudly and so bitterly of impositions,\\ntrifling indeed compared to those to which we submit in meek\\nsilence.\\nOf the writer of the journal I am not able to give much\\ninformation, though I have sought for it diligently.\\nIsaac Bangs (Benjamin^, Edward Edward 3, Jonathan 2,\\nEdward^) was born at Harwich in Massachusetts on the 11th\\nof December, 1752. He was the second son of Benjamin^\\nand Desire (Dillingham) Bangs. He descended, on the fa-\\nther s side, from Edward Banges, who came to Plymouth in\\nthe Ann in July, 1623 and on the mother s side, from\\nEdward Dillingham, of Bitteswell, England, who was, in\\n1637, of Sandwich, in Massachusetts.\\nIn the Diary of Lieut. Isaac s father, Benjamin may be\\nfound an occasional mention of his name as, for instance,", "height": "3711", "width": "2196", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "4 PREFACE.\\n1764, April 21*1^ On the 17 Day Instant my Isaac, John\\nDillingham, and Sam^ Nye began Schooling at Mr. Dunster s, at\\n\u00c2\u00a33:6:8 each per Year.\\nThe reverend gentleman was certainly not too higWy\\npaid but he managed to get two of his three pupils Isaac\\nBangs and Samuel Nye \u00e2\u0080\u0094into Harvard College. They took\\ntheir degrees in 1771. This class was the last but one in\\nwhich the names were arranged, in the Triennial, in the or-\\nder of social position or family rank. (See 8 Mass. Hist. Soc.\\nProc, pp. 32-37, for Mr. Sibley s account of that custom\\nand 9 Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc, p. 252, for the case of Samuel\\nPhillips, of this very class of 1771, who, being aggrieved at\\nhis rating, got himself, by solemn vote, put seventh be-\\ntween Vassall and Murray, interesting because of the im-\\nmense importance evidently attached to it by his father.)\\nIsaac Bangs stands twenty-eighth in a class of sixty-three,\\na very large class for those days, the largest, in fact, that\\nup to that time had ever graduated nor did another so large\\ngraduate until 1810.\\nIf the increased size of the classes at Harvard College be,\\nas it seems that it must be, an indication of general prosperity,\\nthe period just before the breaking out of the Revolutionary\\nWar must have been a remarkably prosperous one, contrary\\nalthough that theory be to the common belief. It was per-\\nhaps because Jeshurun had waxed fat that he kicked.\\nI have had the curiosity to look for the Loyalists of the\\nclass of 1771 in Sabine, and have found but four. They\\nwere among the highest in social position, being\\nSamuel Hirst Sparhawk P in order.\\nSamuel Paine 4\\nWilliam Vassall 6\\nDaniel Murray 8", "height": "3694", "width": "2071", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIsaac Bangs studied medicine after graduating, and had\\nbegun to practise liis profession in his native town when the\\nWar of the Revolution broke out and he joined the Conti-\\nnental Army as a Lieutenant in Colonel Gary s regiment on\\nthe 30th of January, 1776.\\nI find him mentioned in the Revolutionary Rolls at the\\nState House as a Second Lieutenant in Colonel Cary s regi-\\nment, vol. xii. p. 65 vol. xxviii. p. 127.\\nIn vol. xxxvii. p. 3\\nAn Arrangement of the several military Company s in the\\nSecond Regiment of Militia in the County of Barnstable.\\n3 is the 1 Company in Harwich,\\nBenjamin Berry, Captain,\\nNath. Freeman, 1 Lieut.\\nIsaac Bangs, 2 Lieut.\\nEndorsed,\\nIn Council, Ap. 20. 1776. Read and ordered that the within\\nmentioned Officers be commissionated according to their respective\\nranks.\\n(Signed) John Lowell, JDepi Sed\\nIn vol. xxviii. p. 109, Isaac Bangs again appears as Second\\nLieutenant in the Second Regiment, April 20, 1776.\\nI find no further mention of him in the Army Rolls but\\nin the Naval Rolls, to which my attention was directed by\\nmy friend, the Hon. Josiah Paine, of Harwich, in vol. lii.\\np. 81 (Roll of the United States Frigate Boston, Capt.\\nSamuel Tucker)\\nN\u00c2\u00b0 27. Isaac Bangs. Date of entry, March 8*, 1779. Doc-\\ntor s Mate.\\nThis is the last trace I can find of him living. In the\\nFamily Record of the late Edward Dillingham Bangs is the\\nfollowing entry", "height": "3618", "width": "2159", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "6 PREFACE.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Isaac Barigs.hoYW Dec. 11, 1752, died Sept. 12, 1780, im-\\nniarried. He was a Surgeon in the Revolutionary Army, and died\\nwhile in service.\\nHis father had died some years before the Journal begins\\n(Oct. 31, 1769).\\nHis mother, who is sometimes referred to in it, lived until\\n1807.\\nThe old house in which he liad lived with his mother was\\nstanding in that part of Harwich incorporated in 1803 as\\nBrewster until 1872, when the parish, to which it had been\\ngiven by Benjamin Bangs for a parsonage, pulled it down.\\nIn that house the manuscript of this Journal was preserved\\nuntil it was given to the editor, thirty or forty years ago.\\nIt has been copied by him verbatim et literatim, with all\\nfidelity.\\nBoston, July, 1890.", "height": "3647", "width": "2035", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL\\nLIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nNo. I. Minutes of a Journal by Isaac Bangs hegim\\nApril 1, 1776.\\nHAVING been in the Service of the united Colonies as\\na Lien* in Capt. Benjamin Godfrey s Company in\\nCol Carys Regiment of Militia for about 2 months, in\\nwhich many glorious Achievements were performed and\\ngreat Glory added to the Arms of the Americans by the\\nExpulsion of the Ministerial Army from their Strong Holds in\\nBoston, in which, according to my Station, I did my propor-\\ntion of the fatigueing Duty which was requisite to perform\\nthe Manoeuver which has brought an eternal shame and\\nDisgrace upon the British Arms, I was fired with an ardent\\nZeal to be farther instrumental in the glorious Cause in\\nwhich America is now engaged. With this View I entered\\nCol John Bailey s Regiment as a Lieut to Cap* Jacob Allen.\\nIn some future Time it may perhaps afford Pleasure to recol-\\nlect past Toils and being sensible of the Treachery of my\\nMemory in recollecting past Events, I think it advisable to\\nkeep a few Minutes to assist a bad Memory (made worse by\\nthe Combustion of an Army) in bringing to Mind past Events,\\nBut before I enter upon this I must give a short detail of the\\nInducements that first brought me to the Army, of some", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "8 JOUENAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nof the material Events and Circumstances which happened\\nduring my continuance in Col Cary s Regiment. The Min-\\nisterial Army had for a long time (Viz., ever since the Battle\\nof Lexington, on the 19^^ of April, 1775) been invested by\\nthe American Army, which kept them closely confined to\\ntheir Quarters in Boston, during which Time many and\\nVarious Manoeuvers were practised on both sides to annoy\\ntheir Enemies, the Circumstances of which it is not my\\nDesign to relate.\\nIn the begin^ of January, 1775, it was thought best, if\\npossible, to drive them from their Fortresses as the\\nLines of our Army were from necessity of a vast extent, as\\nit was of infinite Importance that each part should be well\\nmaintained. General Wasliington thought the American\\nArmy not sufficient to maintain the Lines, and at the same\\ntime to act offensively upon the Enemy. He applied to the\\nColonies of New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Massachusetts\\nBay for a part of the Militia of each Province. The Propor-\\ntion required voted by the Assembly of this Province was\\n4,368 Men. Among these I inlisted about 30 of Jan. and\\naccording to the Inlisting Orders we proceeded to chuse our\\nOfficers, and proceeded to Head Quarters. The Men which\\nconstituted our Company were chiefly from the Town of\\nChatham, a very civil Set of People, with whom I lived very\\nQuietly. On our arrival at Roxbury we found (by the Negli-\\ngence of the Barrack Master) that no Barracks were pro-\\nvided for the Melitia. Our Company turned in at Roxbury\\nStreet for about 4 days, in old Houses Cellars but as we\\ncould no longer stand it thus Barracked, finding no Con-\\nfidence could be put in their Promises for better Barracks,\\nwe made complaint to our Colonels, and were by the Quarter\\nMaster provided for in Houses in Dorchester, about 4 Miles\\nDistance, where we continued 9 Days during which Time", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 9\\ngreat Preparations were making for some new Enterprize,\\nsuch as Fashienes, Gaboreenes, Barracks ready Framed,\\nboards cut. All immagined that Dorchester Hill was the Object\\nof our Attention. This Hill is Situate South from Boston\\nabout a Mile an Half, and by Nature seemed formed for\\nthe Command of Boston not only so, but it commanded\\na place called Nook Point, about Half way from that place to\\nBoston, a most convenient place for either Bombarding or\\nCannonading the Town of Boston. Our Enemies had been\\nlong determined to take possession of these Places, as they\\nnot only prevent our taking them, but would also be an ad-\\nvantageous Scituation for a Part of their Army. The deep y\\nFrost prevented our proceeding till the Evening of the 4 of\\nMarch, when about 21 Hundred men from Gen Spencer s\\nThomas Brigades (which were both stationed at Roxbury),\\nall things being prepared previously conveyed to the\\nCauseway that leads to the Neck on which the Hill stands,\\nproceeded at about 8 o clock in the Evening to work upon\\nthe Hills, and were relieved at 3 the next Morning by the\\nrest part of our two Brigades, consisting of about 25 Hun-\\ndred, besides 500 Rifle Men from Cambridge Roxbury.\\nBut here I must not leave unnoticed a grand piece of Gen-\\neralship which preceded our going upon the Hills. On the\\nEvening of the 2 of March the General (knowing all things\\nwere nearly prepared for the Work) gave Orders for begin-\\ning a Cannonading Bombardment of the Town, in order to\\ndivert the Enemy that they need not be mistrustfull o^ our\\nScheeme, as they would possibly if they had notice of our pro-\\nceedings either annoy us while working with their Cannon\\nor perhaps might come out with their Army before the Work\\nwas finished. The Cannonading Bombarding began from\\nProspect Hill about 12 o clock in the Night of the 2 of\\nMarch, as also from Leechmore s Point, from the Fortress on", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "10 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nCobble Hill, from the Lines at Roxbury the enemy Re-\\nturned the Compliment to the Former Places, but as they\\nhad previously removed their Cannon (as we afterwards\\nimmagin d) from their Lines on the Neck, they were not so\\nComplaisant to us at Roxbury. I must also here observe that\\nthe day before this tlie General ordered all the Forces that\\nfor conveniency were stationed back to be removed down to\\nthe Lines as nigh as possible, and that in consequence of this\\nour Company was that day removed and Barracked in one of\\nthe Out Houses of what is called the Hutchinson House,\\nnear the Line that separateth Roxbury from Dorchester. A\\nRoom was provided for the Officers near by, and we thaught\\nourselves happy in being so well provided for in such a\\nCroud of both officers and men. In the Even^ of the 3*^ the\\nrout began again, and we at Roxbury found that they were\\nnot so neglectfull of us as on the night before.\\nIn the Evening of the 4*^^, as I before mentioned, our Men\\nwent upon the Hill to work, upon which a more Furious Fire\\nwas began than ever, and returned by the Enemy with eaqual\\nVigour, chiefly upon Roxbury, not mistrusting our People\\nupon the Hill, tliough it was a very Light Moonshine Even-\\ning. 23 Men from our Company went this Evening, and I\\nhad a warrant to parrade at 3 in the Morning to go with the\\nRelief. Being anxious to see the Proceedings on both sides,\\nI went to a small Battery of ours a little out of the Direc-\\ntion of their Shot and Bombs, where I tarried about two\\nHours, thaught myself Safe for as the aforesaid Batteiy\\nwas made no use of by us they took no Notice of it, but it\\nbeing something nigh the Range of our Right Hand Fort,\\ntheir Shot which were aimed at that fort passed about 200\\nyards to the Westward of me, here I could see 4 some-\\ntimes 5 of their Boms flying in the Air at a Time, aimed at the\\nRight Hand Fort that they fell about of a Mile distance.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 11\\nAt Length a Shot which fell near the Fort by its fall took a\\ndifferent direction and came immediately where I was stand-\\ning it hopped after its first Falling about 4 times, if it\\nhad hoped again before it broke, as its Velocity was diminish-\\ning, it would have come, as near as I can judge, to the very\\nSpot where I was it broke about 25 Yard Distance, and\\none of the Pieces came with great rapidity about 2 Yards\\nabove my Head. The Fire still continued but at about 3,\\nwhen the Relieves of every Regiment to parade, God so\\nordered it that their Fire was a little abated, or in all\\nprobability the}^ must have killed more of us, one Lieut.\\nMayo being the only Man hurt he had his thigh Shot off, of\\nwhich he died the next Day. Upon our arrival upon the\\nHills (for we took possession of 2 by building Forts), I was\\nprodigiously surprised to find the Vast works that had been\\ncarried on in so little Time. We relieved them, and they got\\noff without being discovered by the Enemy, which was no\\nsmall Favour both in our coming on their going off, as the\\nCauseway over which we had to pass was greatly exposed to\\ntheir Fire from their Works on the Neck. When the Enemy\\ndiscovered us in ye Morning they ceased firing upon Roxbury,\\nand must be much shagriened to find they had fired so in-\\ntently upon Roxbury when the Men were as they thought\\nmostly on the Hills.\\nWe expected a Salute immediately from their Ships in the\\nHarbour as also from their Works, and they must have\\ngreatly annoyed us had they fired when our Forts were thus\\nweak, being then little besides Fashiens about 6 Feet thick.\\nHowever this was not their disign. They fired a few Shot\\nupon us as we were seting the Fatigue Partys, and brok 6 or\\n8 small arms in our Rigiment but as their Balls struck\\nchiefly before they reached us, we could avoid them. The\\nEnemy Imbarqued on Board Transports about 11 o clock,\\n2", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "12 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nand were to have landed (as we after found) upon the Point\\nunder cover of the Shiping of the Castle the next Night\\nwhy they had not done it that Day, if ever they intended it,\\nGod only knows. For my part, I should have been willing to\\nhave receiv them either by night or Day, as we had a tolerable\\ncover from Musquetry, and as to their Field Pieces they\\ncould not have brought them to bear because of the Sciatu-\\nation of the ground. Had they been so rash they would in\\nall probability have found the 5-^ of March, 1776, more\\nBloody on their Side than Preston made the same Day in\\n1770 on ours. In fine, I cant think it was ever their design\\nmore than to make a Parade. But they have a good excuse,\\nfor about 11 at night the most violent Storm of Wind Rain\\nJ mixed with Snow Hail arose that ever I was exposed to.\\nHaving nothing to cover us excepting Apple Trees, wee stood\\nit out till about 5 in the Morning, when wee were reliev\\nWhat I suffered this night I shall ever bear in mind, there-\\nfore need not here mention it. Had the enemy have been so\\nfoolish as to have attacked us upon the Hills, our People to\\nthe amount of about 5,000 Men stood by their Boats at Cam-\\nbridge and were to have made a descent upon Boston, which\\nthey must have easily carried, as I since learn that Genl How\\nat the Head of the Remainder of his Troops was to have made\\nan attack upon our Lines at Roxbury. Had this been the\\nCase, what a woefull Scituation must he have been in, even\\nif he had forced the Lines with our Forces on each Side\\nWhen the Forts were a little finished our People began to\\nmake preparations for Nooke Point, before mentioned, by\\ncarting Fashienes, c., in the Face of the Day as nigh the\\nPlace as the Scituation would allow (there being a Mire be-\\ntweene that the Forts). This place is about Mile dis-\\ntant from the Centre of the Town, and as convenient a place\\n1 The Boston Massacre.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 13\\nas could even have been wished for from which to through\\nBombs to the Town. The Enemy, discovring our Motions\\nby this imprudent Step, concluded that we should be at work\\nthat Night, therefore the began a most Heavy Fire from the\\nShipping in the Harbour, from several of the Wharves,\\nfrom several Batteries such a Firing was never before heard\\nin New England. They kill 4 Men with one Ball, which\\nwas all the Dammage they did us and the next morning we\\npicked up 700 Balls that they had fired upon us. The next\\nnight being the IT* of March, all things being in Readiness,\\nwe erected a small Breast Work on the aforesaid Point with-\\nout being discover** by the Enemy till Day Light next Morn-\\ning, when they began a most severe canonading from their\\nWorks upon the Neck but being unable to affect any thing\\nto our Damage, they made a Most precipitate retreat, leaving\\nthe chief of the Effects of the Inhabitants unhurt, tho they\\nDammaged many Houses and much furniture. They left\\nbehind them three excellent Mortars, many Bombs, and about\\n200 Cannon, the most of which were heavy Pieces all spiked\\nup, and about 100 of them having their Trunnions broke of.\\nThus was the British Army routed from a Fortress which\\nthey were sufferred peaceably to build, of the Strength of\\nwhich they used to make such boastings and also from the\\nBunker Hill, which cost them at least the Lives of 1,800\\nMen, besides the vast Labour Expense they had bestowed\\nto erect defend it.\\nImmediately upon their Retreat we entered the Town with\\npart of the Forces from Roxbury by Land some consider-\\nable Force from Cambridge by Water. We found the Works\\nupon the Neck entire, the Cannon spiked up the Shells y\\nchiefly split, many of the Cannon Carriages cut to pieces.\\nThese Lines upon the Neck were handsomely built so\\namazingly strong that it would have been impracticable for", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "14 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nUS to have forced them. The other Works were not so well\\nconstructed as I immagined wee should have found them\\nespecially at the Bottom of the Common on Beacon Hill\\nthey appeared to be ill constructed design dfor little but\\nto frighten us. The Enemy embarqued in boats joined the\\nFleet, which had chiefly quited the Harbour, fell down to\\nNantascet from our first building upon the Hills, some few of\\nthe Men of War Transports for the Tories only excepted,\\nwho remained to cover the Town. The Admiral finding we\\nhad built upon Nook Point another small Hill, both of\\nwhich were advantageously scituated to rake the Harbour,\\nthought he could with no degree of Safety tarry any longer\\nwherefore he sent to General Howe acquainting him that he\\nwas about to quit the Harbour. This, it is said, hastened the\\nGeneral s Retreat, or he would probably have taken his artil-\\nery with him. They left no Powder behind them, but we\\ncould plainly see where they burnt vast Quantities of that\\nvaluable article could they have affected the Destruction of\\ntheir Artilery with as much dispatch, no doubt they would\\nhave done it. Quere, Whether it would not be wisdom in\\nthe Parliament of England to offer a large Premium to the\\nPerson that shall contrive a method to annihilate Cannon,\\nMortars, Bombs, c., in a Short space of Time otherwise the\\nRebels will soon furnish themselves with a Stock of these\\narticles without being put to the Trouble of making them\\nThemselves.\\nThe Inhabitants that were friendly to America still con-\\ntinued in Boston, except Mr. James Lovell, whom they car-\\nried of with their other Prisoners. He bore his Fate,\\nattended the Summons that called him as a Prisoner to quit\\nhis native Land all that was dear to him with that Courage\\nResignation which only attend the Virtuous, Wise,\\nBrave.", "height": "3704", "width": "2087", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 15\\nNo. II. Memorandum Continued.\\nNor is it doubted, if wee may Judge from the outxvard ap-\\npearance of Persons, but that Mr. Lovell (tho in the Capacity\\nof a Prisoner) embarqued with less reluctance than those\\nMiscreants whose complicated offences against the Liberties\\nof their Country denied them the Boon of continueing any\\nlonger as Freemen in this Land of Liberty wherefore since\\nby their Behaviour they had forfeited all right to Freedom,\\nwere driven to the Alternitude of Slavery in this or in a\\nforeign Land, they chose rather to imbarque and be in Servi-\\ntude with other Slaves than to continue in their native Country\\nSuffer the just resentment of their injured Brethren.\\nMany of these obnoxious animals (tho none of the most\\nobnoxious) chose to tarry rely upon the Mercy of their\\noffended Countrymen than to hazard their Lives with the\\nFleet fe Army, who were Miserably stocked with Provisions,\\nhaving nothing of Animal Food left but salt Meat, that\\nin so small a Quantity that their common allowance would\\nconsume it all in less than three Weeks this account I had\\nfrom a Friend of mine who tarried in Boston during the whole\\nsiege, who was well acquainted with their Scituation, fe on\\nwhose veracity I think I can safely rely. In this miserable\\nScituation they left the Town hauled of to Nantascet,\\nwhere I shall, for the present, leave them. These Tories\\nwhich remained were soon apprehended, what fate they\\nwill receive at the hands of their injured Countrymen (for I\\ncan t call them Brethren) may be left by me undetermin d\\nas yet.\\nThe Fatiegues Hardships that were underwent by that\\npart of the Army which were Stationed at Roxbury from the\\ntime of our first building upon the Hill, tho not eaqual to the\\nHardships which many of this Profession have endured, yet", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nI think I may safely pronounce them hard. When we first\\narrived upon the Hills, as I before observed, we had no cover\\nfrom thfe Weather but Apple Trees (a miserable Shelter from\\nStorms March Winds) for the Regulars had previously\\nset fire to almost all the Houses Barns on the Neck,\\ntwo Barns three small Houses only being left, of these\\nonly the Barns were so situated as to afford shelter for the\\nArmy of 25 Hundred Men, or thereabouts, because of their\\nDistance from the Works we were building. Therefore no\\nparticular Regiments could be stationed there, it was ab-\\nsolutely necessary to l?:eep at least that Number of Men con-\\nstantly upon the Hills, these must be drawn from those at\\nRoxbury. This Party together with the Guards at Roxbury\\nkept half of our Men on duty constantly, maijy being\\ntaken ill about that time, some with what we termed the Hill\\nFever others with real Sickness, many Men were obliged\\nto be on Duty two Days Nights successively. Moreover,\\nbecause of the dangerous Scituation of the Causeway, we\\nwere obliged to go on to relieve the Parties on the Hills in\\nthe Night at 3 o clock this made it more fatiegueing, being\\nin this manner broke of our Rest each Night.\\nBeing myself unwell upon our first entering upon the\\nHills, I was unable to do but three Tours of Duty in this\\nManner, and had entered upon the fourth when I was so un-\\nwell that with much difficulty with the assistance of an able\\nBodied Man I got of from the Hills. I continued 2 Days in\\nmy Chamber and then walked out, but the Blody Flux\\nraged so hard upon me nothing suitable for my Diet being\\nto be bought, it was thought best for me to go into the Coun-\\ntry, whereupon I went to Concord tarried several Days\\nbut being unwilling to tarry any longer out of Camp than what\\nwas absolutely necessary, I returned about 3 Days before the\\nenemy evacuated Boston. Being still unfit for Duty, never-", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 17\\ntheless I undertook another Tour, seeing Duty had been so\\nhard for the other Officers, many of them by this Time\\nbeing unwell unfit for Duty. On the 24 of March, the\\nenemy being gone down to Nantascet it being thought best\\nto have some steady forces upon the Hills, Col? Learneard s\\nCol Cary s Regiments were both of them ordered upon the\\nHills. To the latter I belonged, we moved on expecting\\nto have found Barracks provided but when we arrived we\\nfound that the Barracks provided for our Reg* were not\\nabove half sufficient to contain them, neither were there\\nChimneys in any of them. Our being huddled in this manner\\nwith such accommodations upon the Hills was owing to the\\nunfaithfullness of the Barrack Master, who had returned to\\nthe Gen! that a sufficiency of Barracks were finished to re-\\nceive us. Yet in this Scituation, half killed with smoke, we\\nfound our Duty easier than when we lived at Roxbury\\ndid Duty upon the Hills. Many of our People were sick, for\\nwhom a convenient House was provided at Roxbury among\\nthese two only were very Dangerous, viz., Elisha Doane fe\\nJoseph Philips. Doane, after having been extreme low and\\nweak, being several times looked upon as a dying Man, re-\\ncovered so far that on my coming from Roxbury on the sec-\\nond of April he was able to sit up and in a likely way of\\nrecovery. But as to Philips, who was taken with a Pleurisy\\nwhich afterwards turned to a Malignant Putrid Fever, God\\nin his providence saw fit to take him to himself, as we trust,\\non the 30- of March. The next Day he was decently inter d.\\nOn the 18-^ of March, the Enemy still keeping Possession\\nof Castle William, I mounted the guard upon the Point\\nnear the Castle at not more than of a Mile Distance\\nthe night being very calm my Duty calling me to visit the\\nCenturies, I could hear them busiely employed, as I then\\nsupposed, in spiking up the Cannon breaking of the Trun-", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "18 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nnions. This work they continued till the next day, 19^,\\nwhen about 3 o clock they began to blow up the Fortifica-\\ntions. This lasted till about sunset, when they set the Block\\nHouse on the South Poin on Fire. Our Guard were now ex-\\npecting to be relieved were paraded to receive the relief;\\nbut the relief being detained, we were desirous to see the fire,\\nretired to a Hill about 10 Rods distance North from the\\nGuard House, where we might have a full View. The En-\\nemy, perceiving us upon the Hill within point Blank Shot of\\ntheir Cannon, fired three 24 lb. Shot at us, neither of which\\nwent more than 2 yards above our Heads. The first second\\nwould unavoidably have killed some of the men had they\\nnot have fell upon discovering the Flashes of their Guns as\\nit was, several of our Men by the Wind of the Balls were\\nalmost stuned. Neither of the Balls came nearer to me than\\n10 Yards Distance, tho I stood upon the Top of the Hill\\nnever removed till after their fire was over. The other\\nMen were in more danger after the first Shot for the Enemy,\\nknowing they would repair to the Guard House, had placed\\ntheir Cannon so as to take them on their runing from the\\nHill. Tho horribly frightned by the whistling of the Balls,\\nI considered this, and was the only Man that stood the\\nGround.\\nThe next day, 20 they continued demolishing the Works\\nof the Castle, and in the Evening set all the Combustible\\npart of it on Fire, and left it the same Night. I myself went\\non the next Day to ^ee the Havock and Destruction they had\\nmade, the which surpass all discription of which no man\\ncould have any tolerable Idea unless himself was made a\\nSpectator that once beautifull Fortress was now nothing\\nmore than a confused heap of Rubbish. The Enemy left the\\ny chief part of their Cannon, all of which (excepting three\\n18 lb. ers which were left entire) had either a Trunnion beat", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 19\\nof or the Breechings broke of and all spiked up. We dug\\nup several of their Boxes of powder, which were designed to\\nblow up part of the Walls, but had not taken Fire.\\nThe Enemies Fleet, which I left at Nantascet, remained\\nthere till Wednesday, 27 of March, when about half of their\\nNumber, consisting chiefly of Transports with a Few Convoys\\nof Men of war, set sail stood out to sea the remaining\\nShips, excepting 4 Men of war (which they left at Nan-\\ntascet), followed them the next Saturday.\\nThe Fleet lying so long below made many People mis-\\ntrustfull that their design was to reland in some part of the\\nHarbour therefore we kept strong Guards in every exposed\\npart thereof. But it afterwards appeared that their long de-\\nlay was occasioned by the Confusion and Hurry in which\\nthey quitted the Town, not having any time either to rig the\\nVessels or distribute the Provisions among the Vessels.\\nThose which sailed first were said to contain the Families of\\nthe Tories which they shipped of for Halifax as soon as they\\ncould get them ready.\\nAfter the first part of the Fleet sailed, the other part was\\nreinforced by several large Ships of war, but from whence\\nthey came I could never learn.\\nOne of the Fleet having a valuable cargo of Stolen goods\\ntogether with a number of Tories was cast away soon after\\non Cape Cod, another whose Cargo was estimated at\\n35,000X sterling was taken by Capt. Merry what became\\nof the others time will discover.\\nWhile the Fleet was lying at Nantascet, our People fixed\\nseveral Fire Engines, which would undoubtedly have con-\\nsumed some of their Fleet, but the Wind proving unfavour-\\nable detered us from putting our design in execution.\\nThe Enemy having thus evacuated Boston chiefly left\\nthe Harbour, the Army, excepting a few Regiments, were\\n3", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "20 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\norder d to the Southward, as it was expected the Enemy were\\ngone to the Southern Colonies. At least there was great\\ndanger of it and as New York (I suppose) was thought to\\nbe the Center of the Colonies, they were ordered for that\\nplace. Many Regiments had already marched by ac-\\ncounts from them they had arrived at N. York) before the\\nFleet left Boston the others, as I before mentioned, had or-\\nders to follow. Genl Green s Brigade, consisting of 5 Regi-\\nments Viz., Col Varnum, Hitchcock, Little, Reed,\\nBailey had orders to March on Monday, the 1 of April, to\\nNew London by the Way of Norwich but in the Night before\\ntheir March Expresses came from Newport that the Enemy\\nwere seen of that Port, that it was expected that they\\nwere about to land. This occasioned counter Orders for\\nthem to take Providence in their Way. I myself had to\\nthe First of April acted in the Regiment to which I belonged.\\nViz., in Col Cary s Reg* of Militia but their time being\\nexpired, and having in the Evening before an Invitation to\\ntake the Place of one Lieu Shaw of Col\u00c2\u00b0 Baileys Reg*,\\nhaving a desire to be farther instrumental in so glorious a\\nCause, finding my acceptance of the office would be agree-\\nable to the officers, I readily agreed to it, Lieut. Col\\nJacobs went the next morning to Cambridge for the Generals\\napprobation, which if I could obtain I was to follow the Reg*.\\nWe found the Gen! very busie in wrighting dispatches, c.,\\nthat he could not attend to Buisness of such small Conse-\\nquence but upon Ag* Gen! Gates Promise of my having a\\nCommission if I would follow the Army, I concluded to do it\\nif I had the advice of Col Baily. I therefore return d\\nasked Col Baily, who advised me if I had an inclination, to\\ngo, said he made no doubt but that I should be as well\\nused as if Time had permitted the Gen! to have given me a\\nCommission. I therefore concluded to follow tlie next Morn-", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 21\\ning, to spend the Evening in wrigbting to acquaint my\\nFriends of my New undertaking, which I accordingly did;\\nthe next morning the 2^ of April set out to overtake the\\nReg*, which I aifected that after Noon. I found Cap* Allen to\\nwhose Company I belonged to be a very agreable Com-\\npanion, his Company a Civil Set of People. As I was\\nentirely unacquainted with any Person in the Company, I\\nhad previously enquired of my Friends as to their Characters\\nbefore I engaged to serve, found that the Cap* his other\\nofficers had the character of civil agreable Gentlemen,\\nupon my further acquaintance with them I found their Good\\nCharacters to surpass my expectations. 4^ of April we\\narrived at Providence the Roads being bad and the Rainy\\nWeather prevented our arriving sooner. Nothing very\\nmaterial happened during our March. On the road I saw\\nMrs. Atwood and Miss R. Sears, and Breakfasted with them\\nat Mr. Atwoods House in\\nI found the Town of Providence very agreably scituated on\\neach side of a River. Several very elegant Buildings in\\nperticular the Baptist Meeting House the College, a little\\neast of the Town. We tarried here but one Night, the next\\nDay sat out for Norwich in Connecticut.\\nAt Providence I saw building two neat Frigates\\n[^Here a page is gone^\\nfellow had hired to take care of his Farm, coincided\\nvery well in each other s Opinions, I believe no part of\\nthe old Mans Estate suffered for the want of Cultivation.\\n9th_ ^Q marched to New London, about 15 Miles South\\nfrom Norwich. This Town in no wise answered to the Con-\\nceptions I had of its Magnitude or Grandeur however, it is\\npleasantly scituated on the West side of the River Thames.\\nOn the opposite side is a handsome Village or Town called\\nGroton. The River makes an excellent Harbour. Here we", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "22 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nfound Admiral Hopkins with part of the American Fleet,\\nwhich had arrived two days before. They had sail d from\\nPhiladelphia to where they took possession of the\\nKing s Forts, and brought of all the Artilery, consisting of\\na great Quantity of Cannon, Bombs, Mortars, Shot, c.\\nThe Powder the Enemy privatel}^ conveyed off on see-\\ning that our People were determined to take Possession.\\nThey also took in the West Indies several Vessels richly\\nladen, the Property of the English Merchants in England.\\nOn their Return home they came across the Glasgo, Ship\\nof War, off Block Island, with several other Tenders,\\na Bomb Brig, c. A Brig commanded by the Admirals\\nSon first engaged the Glasgo and tho the Glasgo was much\\nsuperiour, yet he fought with courage for 3 Glasses when\\nthe Admiral came to relieve his Son, who was much shattered\\nwanted time to refit. The Glasgo the Admirals ship\\nAlfred had a Warm Engagement but just as the Brig was\\ncoming up again, having refited, the Alfred received an un-\\nlucky shot which carried away the Tiller Ropes, they could\\nnot manage her to get up with the Glasgo again. Cap* Hop-\\nkins, however, engaged her warmly again with his Brig; but\\nas the Glasgo from the beginning made a runing fight of it,\\nthe other Ships were unable (being loaded) to get up with\\nher till she had got nigh to New Port, when the Admiral,\\nexpecting a superiour force, would soon come out against\\nhim, gave a signal for quiting the chase. During this\\nEngagement Cap* Whipple, who commanded the Columbus\\nof 36 Guns, kept at a distance, never came up to the\\nAssistance of the Alfred t^he Brig, but kept his distance.\\nMost People say that had he given chase he might have\\ntaken the Glasgo, as he was noways shattered might have\\ncome up with her others say he could not on account of\\nthe Wind how that is will be determined. During the", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 23\\nEngagement they took a Bomb Brig with 8 Carriage Guns\\n2 Howitzers, c., also a Schooner commanded by one Wal-\\nlace mounting 6 Carriage Guns, brought them in. By all\\naccounts the Glasgo fought well was much shattered, as\\nwere also the Alfred the Brig, on board of which about\\n10 Men were killed the Brig s Cap with others\\nwounded.\\nApril 14*5. The Wind not being favourable before this\\nDay, we set Sail with a Favourable Wind, and got past\\nConnecticut River were obliged to put back to black\\nPoint. The Next Day we set sail about 1 o clock, the next\\nday about 2 o clock we arrived at Turtle Bay, between Hell\\nGate and New York. Here wee were obliged to tarry till the\\nnext day at 9 o clock for Orders. We set sail, at 10 arrived\\nin the Cit}^ of New York, our desired Port, on the 17 of April.\\nFor about 10 Miles below New York the Passage between\\nthe Maine Long Island was very Narrow. On both sides\\nmany very elegant Country Seats, at Hell Gate a hand-\\nsome well-constructed Fort lately built by our People. At\\nTurtle Bay are 4 large beautifull Stores made for the Use\\nof the King s Stores A munition, c. From this Place\\nthe Yorkers took a very large Quantity of Bombs Shot\\nbut the Enemy had conveyed the Powder away before.\\nNear this Place are several elegant beautifull Country\\nSeats, Several evacuated by the Tories. I visited the Gar-\\nden of one Gentleman in which was a Summer House which\\nthe Gardener shewed me in which were many curious\\nFlowers, c. but the greatest Rarity was Orange, Lime,\\nPomgranet, Citron Trees all Bearing Fruit. The Lemons\\nwere the largest best that ever I saw, as also the Oranges,\\nboth sweet and sour. One Lime tree had 5 different Sorts\\nof Fruit growing at once besside Blossoms.\\nOn our arival we found Houses provided for both Officers", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "24 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nMen. Our Reg* was barracked in Water Street near to\\nPecks Slip, we had 2 Rooms for the oificers of our Com-\\npany in D. Barkleys on the Same street near our Company.\\n19!!l. I spent the greatest part of my Time in viewing\\nthe City, which I found vastly surpassing my Expecta-\\ntions. The City is nearly as populous as the Town of Boston\\nthe Publick Edifices greater in number, yet not in general\\nso grand Magnificent as those of Boston. I found the\\nTown, or City, scituated between two Rivers. The one Run-\\ning about North, called the North River, is the same which is\\nnavigable up as far as Albany, about Miles the other\\nRiver is that which seperateth Long Island from the Conti-\\nnent, and runs Easterly, one part of which is called Hell\\nGate (very metaphorically so called). In the Town we\\nfound every street leading from the Water almost stoped\\nwith Breast Works built by Gen! Lee on his arrival in this\\nTown, to prevent the Enemy from landing to set fire to the\\nTown. On the South west part of the Town, which is a\\nPoint between the two Rivers, is a very strong costly\\nFort built by the Kings Troops many masons men for\\nthe Protection of the City from the Enemy.\\nOn the outside of the Fort at the Edge of the wall was a\\nBattery, erected at a vast Expence to the King, built of\\nhewn stone, the outside about ten feet high, the inside\\nfilled up to form a plane that the Wall was not more than\\na foot and a half high. Over this the Cannon were to play\\nbut as so low a wall would not be a sufficient cover for our\\nMen, our People were busily employed in making a Turf\\nWall upon the stone Wall, when we arrived had almost\\nfinislied as compleat a Battery as ever I saw. Several other\\nFortifications were erected in this Town, which made it tol-\\nerably strong safe against any attacks of the Enemy.\\nFrom the above mentioned Fort a spacious street runing", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 25\\neast notherly in a right line, reached without the Town about\\n1 Mile. Tn this, near the Fort, is the Equestrian Statue of\\nKing George 3 a Present from himself to this City.^ The\\ndesign was in imitation of one of the Roman Emperors on\\nHorseback. The Man George is represented about larger\\nthan a Natural Man the Horse, in proportion, both neatly\\nconstructed of Lead guilt with Gold, raised on a Pedestral\\nof white Marble, about 15 Feet high, enclosed with a very\\nelegant Fence about 10 feet high, the 2 lower feet Stone,\\nthe remainder of open worked Iron the inclosure was oval,\\ncontaining about of an acre of beautifull green. This, with\\nseveral Churches and other Elegant buildings on either side\\nof the spacious street, form a most beautifull prospect from\\nthe Fort. Opposite the Town on the south is the Town of\\nBrooklinn on Long Island, at about 1 Mile distance. The\\nTown of Brooklinn with the adjacent Hills, on which are\\nseveral elegant Country Seats, (20) I visited, and took a full\\nview of the Waterworks that are making to convey Water\\nthrough the City (that from the Pumps being very bad\\nunwholesome to that degree that the Inhabitants buy Water\\nfor Coffee, c. from Carts that are employed to carry it\\nabout the City). These Works were began about 12 Months\\nsince at the City Expence, to defray which they issued Bills\\nthat are current as other Money. A Dutchman undertook\\nthe Jobb for a certain sum, hath already performed the\\nmost difficult part of the Work, tho not with that success\\nthat was expected by the Citizens, as they say. He saith he\\nhath done as well as he promised. The Work that is already\\ndone (the most difficult part) is to convey Water from the\\nside of an Hill nigh a Pond to the top of the Hill, which\\nbeing higher than any part of the City, the Water is to be\\n1 I have since been informed it was bought by the subscription of the Gentle-\\nmen of this City. I. B.", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "26 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nconveyed in Pipes through the City. As the Man that at-\\ntended spoke very broken English the Machiene was not\\nat Work, it was with great Difficulty that I understood the\\nConstruction of the Machiene to pretend to give a perticu-\\nlar discription of this Work would be folly in me, as I could\\nby no means do it Justice. The first part of the Work was\\nthe Well, about 40 feet Diamiter, and to appearance about\\n30 feet to the surface of the Water. In this Well was the\\nEngine, which forced the Water almost to the Top, from\\nthence through a Wooden Tube up to the Top of the Hill,\\nwhich was about 5 Rods distance and about Feet perpen-\\ndicular above the Top of the Well. At the Top of the Hill\\nwas an artificial Pound, whose superficies was about of an\\nAcre, and when filled, the Water would be about 8 or 10\\nFeet deep from hence the Water was to be conveyed (as\\nI before said) in Pipes through the City. All of this I could\\neasily understand but the grand Question was how was the\\nMachiene in the Well first actuated continued its motion?\\nThis I was surprised to find was wholly done by the Power\\nof Boiling Water.\\nFor further Perticulars see the next Memorandum.\\nNo. III. Memorandum No. 3 continued, April 20, 1776.\\nIt was a long time before I could discover even by see-\\ning the Works how this could be effected, the Man who\\nshewed the Works could give me no satisfaction as to this\\ntill at length I found that by Means of a large Copper (which\\nis kept boiling when it is requisite for the Works to be set\\nin Motion) the Steem or Vapour of the Water is conveyed\\nfrom thence into a strong Copper Tube of about 18 Indies\\nDiamiter about 10 Feet Long, which stands perpendicu-\\nlarly. The lower part or end of this Tube is tight; but the", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 27\\niiper End hath in it a moveable Stopper which may move\\nupwards or Downwards with as much ease as possible, and\\nat the same time to keep any of the Air from without from\\nentering into the Tube to keep it as tight as possible an-\\nother part of the Works constantly supply the Top of the\\nTube above the Stopper with a small stream of Water. The\\nSteem of the Hot Water (as I take it) entering into the\\nTube rarifyeth the Body of the Air contained therein to a\\ngreat degree, when the Stopper is let loose and flyeth upwards\\nwith great Rapidity to the upper End of the Tube, when the\\nPressure of the Air from without throweth [it] back to the\\nBottom of the Tube with as great Force as it came upwards.\\nWhen it gets to the Bottom it is again drove upwards by the\\nsame cause, c% repelled when it arrives at the Top thus the\\nStopper is kept in constant Motion by the Means of Steam\\nor Vapour, to this Stopper is fastened a stout Wooden\\nlever by a bar of Iron. The Lever is Fastened in the Mid-\\ndle upon an Axis and as the Stopper of the Tube moves up-\\nwards and downwards, it moves the Lever, which worketh\\nthe Engine in the Well, which forceth (as I before described)\\nthe Water into the Pond at the Top of the Hill. The\\nEngine hath been tried generally throws Gallons in a\\nMinute into the Pond. Thus have I given as perticular\\ndiscription of this curious Engine as I possibly could, having\\nviewed it but about 15 Minutes. I hope soon to see it at\\nWork, when I can give a more perticular discription of sev-\\neral small parts of it for which I could see no use.\\n21, Sunday. It being for some reason thought expedient\\nto reinforce the Army at Canada, 4 Reg- had orders issued\\nto be ready to imbarque on the 15-, this day they set sail\\nfor Albany under command of Brigadier Gen! Thompson.\\nIn the afternoon, being disirous to attend publick Wor-\\nship, not having had an opportunity of so doing for a long\\n4", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "28 JOURNAL OP LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nTime since, I went into a small Meeting House, expecting it\\nto be a Congregational Meeting but I soon found my Mis-\\ntake, for when the Priest arrived I could not in a long Time\\nunderstand a Word he said. I inquired found it was\\nDutch Church, in this Church they used the high Dutch\\nLanguage. They began Service with Singing, accompanied\\nor led by a small Organ then (as I took it) with Prayers,\\nsome of which were formal, others Extempore. It is worthy\\nof Notice that during the whole service the Congregation\\nkept to their Seats, excepting once, when the Priest Read\\n(as I was informed it was) his Text, then only the Men\\narose. When he had finished this they again sat down,\\nkept their Seats during the Service till the Blessing was\\ngiven. The Priest delivered a very lengthy Sermon, chiefly\\nwithout Notes, in the whole of his performances appeared\\nas compleat an Orator as ever I heard speak. The Priest\\nwas dressed in a black Gown similar to that of the English\\nClergy, performed the whole Service without the assistance\\nof a Clerk the People some Times repeating after him, that\\nis, when he used forms for Prayer. The Terminations of their\\nlanguage seemed greatly to resemble Greek. This was the\\nonly high Dutch Church in Town, tho there are several\\nother Dutch Churches who use the low Dutch Language;\\nthese Languages being as different, as I am informed, as are\\nthe French English Languages to each other.\\n22. Our People have been very busily employed in fortifying\\na small Island called Governors Island, g,bout 1 Mile distance\\nto the Southward of the Fort, Works at the South West of\\nthe City. I spend my Time very agreeably in company with\\nthe officers of our Reg*, several of which are near my age.\\nSometimes visit Lieut. Parker Doc Eustis^ of the Artilery.\\n1 Hon. William Eustis, of the Class of 1772, afterwards Governor of Massa-\\nchusetts. He was a Surgeon in the Revolutionary Army. See 15 I roc. Mass.\\nHist. Soc. 128, where he appears on a court-martial under the name of Eustace.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 29\\n24*^. I before mentioned this Reg* as being in the Bri-\\ngade of which Gen! Green had the Command each Brigade\\nwas arranged on their Departure from Mass. Bay to stand\\nno longer than during their March to N. York. Now the\\nwhole Army was again put into 5 Brigades under Command\\nof the following Generals, Viz. 1, Genl Heath 2, Spencer\\n3, Sullivan 4, Green and the 5 Lord Sterling.\\nGen f Heath Sullivans Brigades each consisted of 5\\nReg- the others of 4 Reg*^ each and our Reg* by the New\\nEstablishment was put into GenI Heath s Brigade.\\n25-. During the Course of the last Week I several\\nTimes visited the Holy Ground, before described. When I\\nvisited them at first, I thought nothing could exceed them\\nfor impudence and immodesty but I found the more I was\\nacquainted with them the more they excelled in their Bru-\\ntallity. To mention the Perticulars of their Behaviour would\\nso pollute the Paper I write upon that I must excuse\\nmyself.\\nThe whole of my aim in visiting this Place at first was\\nout of Curiosity, as was also that of the chief of the Gentle-\\nmen that accompanied it seems Strange that any Man\\ncan so divest himself of Manhood as to desire an intimate\\nConnexion with these worse than brutal Creatures, yet it is\\nnot more strange than true that many of our Officers\\nSoldiers have been so imprudent as to follow them, notwith-\\nstanding the salutary advice of their Friends, till the Fatal\\nDisorder seized them convinced them of their Error. I\\nam informed that not less than 40 Men of one Reg* which\\nlast Sunday set off for Quebeck were infected with that\\ndisorder. What fine order these Men must be in to undergo\\na fatiegueing March through a cold, uninhabited Country\\nUnless there is some care taken of these horrid Wretches by\\nthe Gen!, he will soon have his Army greatly impaired, for", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "30 JOURNAL OP LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nthey not only destroy Men by Sickness, but they sometimes\\ninhumanly Murther them for since Monday last two Men\\nwere found inhumanly Murthered concealed, besides one\\nwho was castrated in a barbarous Manner. This so exas-\\nperated the Men that in the face of Day they assembled and\\npulled down the Houses where the Men were thus treated,\\nwith great difficulty the Guards dispersed them after they\\nhad leveled them to the Ground. This, together with the\\ncommon Riots incident to such Places, made our Men a\\nlittle more Cautious how they ventured to prophane Holy\\nGround with their Presence.\\nApril 26. I mounted Guard with Capt. Crocker at Harri-\\nsons brewery. Here is a beautifull circular Fort, built\\nwholly at the Expence Labour of a Company of Grani-\\ndiers belonging to the City, for which they receiV^ the Genlf\\nthanks pubHckly. I had a very pleasant Guard; treated\\nvery handsomely by W. M\u00c2\u00abPherlin Love their Wives,\\nwho live in the House where the Officers Room was. They\\ninvited us to sup Breakfast, every way treated us gen-\\nteelly engaged our Future acquaintance.\\n28, Sunday. In the fore noon I attended publick wor-\\nship in a Congregational Meeting, where they told me I\\nshould hear good preaching but I was very much disap-\\npointed, as the Parson had invited a Chaplain of the Army\\nto do his work for him, who performed as much to my dis-\\nsatisfaction as ever I should desire any man to do. Being\\ntired with such Nonsence as I heard in the forenoon, I\\nthought to find something better by attending upon Service\\nin the Church of England but the Satisfaction that I re-\\nceived from the delivery of an Excellent Sermon was greatly\\nallayed by the Pedantick behaviour of the Priest, the Irreverent\\nbehaviour of the People, the foolish parrade of Ceremonies.\\nI am determined that unless I can find better entertainment", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 31\\nthe next Sunday to attend Worship with the Dutch Priest\\nwhom I heard last Sunday, chusing rather to worship where\\nI understand nothing that is spoken than to hear such\\nfolly as was delivered in the fore noon and the Devout\\nbehaviour of the Dutch is more agreeable to me than\\nall the Pomp, Equipage, Majestick Expressions of the\\nEnglish Church, accompanied with such behaviour as was\\ntheirs.\\n29. As the Continental Congress had ordered 6 More\\nRegiments for Canada, the Gen^ gave out orders for Gen\\nSullivan with that Number should embarque for Albany.\\nThese orders were given out on the 27 S and Many of the\\nMen sailed for Albany this Day. Tis reported that this\\nunexpected order is in Consequence of an Express which\\nwas lately sent to the Congress containing disagreeable News,\\nwhich they chuse not to divulge.\\nThey will be tolerably strong at Canady, 10 Reg*.* having\\ngone from hence, besides the Army in those Parts before.\\nThe Brigade under Gen Green was ordered to take the\\nbirth of Gen Sullivans brigade on Long Island, as Gen!\\nSullivan is ordered for Canada. The other 3 Brigades to-\\ngether with the Artilery are to encamp without the City on\\nthe Day after tomorrow. An old Whore who had been so\\nlong Dead that she was rotten was this Day found concealed\\nin an out House at the Holy Ground.\\n30. A severe cold Day for the Season. I went upon\\nFatigue, making additions to the Breast Work without the\\nFort.\\nMay V} Went with Cap Allen several other officers\\nto visit Mr. M*=Pherlin, Love, c., in the afternoon. We\\nspent our Time very agreably.\\nTook a survey of the Air Furnace (near by). In this\\nFurnace they have cast many excellent Brass Field Pieces,", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "32 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\n6 lb!, besides Iron Cannon eaqual to any ever made in any\\npart of the World.\\nMay S With Cap* Porter spent some time at a Biliard\\nTable was very luckey, reapt much Pleasure by the\\npleasant behaviour of the Gentlemen at that Place.\\n4. Took a survey of the City Goal, which the Goaler\\nshewed us. The Prisoners here are as well treated as in any\\nPrison I ever visited. The Goal itself is a very Magnificent\\nBuilding (upon the North side of the Common), having\\nmore the appearance of an elegant Mansion House than of a\\nCommon Gail the inside is regularly built, and is as conven-\\nient, both for the Prisoners Jailer, as I can possibly imagine\\nany could have been.\\n6, Sunday. Attended Service in the fore Noon at the\\nBrick Meeting heard an excellent Comment upon the S*\\nPsalm. In the afternoon atten Service at the Chapel\\nwas well Satisfied, wrote home to my Mother the second\\nTime.\\n7. We hear frightfull News of a Fleets having arrived at\\nBoston, that the Enemy had taken Possession of Dor-\\ncliester Hills; the last part is a Lye of the Day. Saw B.\\nStone.\\n8 Had News from England of the Resolutions of the\\nMinistry to enforce their Measures the ensueing Summer by\\nthe Help of 25,000 New Troops from England 20,000\\nHessians, Hanoverians, Brunsvvickers, c., from Germany,\\n12,000 of whom are destined for this place, 12,000 for\\nBoston, 10,000 for Quebeck, 11,000 for the Southern\\nProvinces. These Forces are also to bring with them 27\\nCommissioners to grant Pardons, to delude the People of\\nEngland with a Pretence that Peaceable honorable Terms\\nof Accommodation are offered, but that we would not accept.\\nWould it not have been more honourable for them, if they", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 33\\nhad any Intentions of an Accommodation, to have lain hold\\nof the opportunity offered in the last Petition of the Con-\\ngress But this would not serve their Turn! But George\\nmust meanly beg the assistance of his Brother Robbers\\nCuthroats, by cringing fawning to all Europe he hath\\nbeen able to procure 20,000 Men, these, with the Whole\\nArmament of England, are to assist the Commissioners to\\ntreat with America for Peace. In the Mean Time America,\\nseeing y* her Terms were slighted discovering their Inten-\\ntions, hath been busied in putting herself in the best Posture\\nof Defence that the Nature of her Circumstances would\\nadmit. The affections of her Inhabitants (which before were\\nstrongly attached to Brittain, so that the People would have\\ntaken up satisfied with almost any Terms) have been more\\nand more aliened from Brittain, that we are now upon\\nthe Eve of declaring ourselves independent of G. Brittain,\\nseting up an Empire for ourselves. What will be the\\nConsequences of this God only Knows\\nIn the Afternoon I visited a very agreable Young Ladie\\nof this City, Miss with whom I had before had a\\nsmall acquaintance, as I had, while on Guard, shewn this\\nyoung Ladie the Company with her the Civility due to\\nPersons of their appearance. Viz., of shewing them the\\nWorks, c. She, in her Turn, was not so ungratefull as to\\ntake no Notice of me, but as I accidentally passed the House\\nfor several Times, I observed that she seemed to Compliment\\nme with more respect than is usual, or than I deserved but\\nas I was bashfull, I no more than returned the Compliment,\\npassed by till at length I made bold to enter the House\\nwith the Gentleman that was with me but as he was in a\\ngreat Hurry I could not tarry long, but was obliged to depart,\\nbitterly against my will however I gave her Intimation\\nthat I should again call in, as I could not discover but", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "34 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nthat it would be agreable, I took this opportunity to spend\\nan Afternoon with her. I found playing upon her Spinet,\\nupon which she performed to admiration her Musick, joined\\nto an agreeable Person, gave me very favourable Ideas of\\nmy New Acquaintance. I spent the After Noon with her in\\nher own Apartment, Reading Chatting, c., till about\\n5 o clock, when her Mother came and asked us to Tea. The\\nFather was Absent, but her Mother was an agreable Woman,\\nplainly dressed. They were Germans, who soon after they\\nwere married came into this Country. 1 know not whether\\nthey have an Estate or not. After Tea we spent About an\\nHour in the same Manner as before, when I was obliged to\\nAttend Duty took my leave, but Not till 1 had provided\\nmyself with some entertainin Books from her Library.\\n9. Mounted Guard at Harrison Brewery, or Grenadiers\\nFort. Cap Bolster of Learnard s Reg* commanded the\\nGuard, a Gentleman of Superiour Abilities from what I had\\nconceived from his outward appearance.\\n10. Visited Miss B. Grim in the Evening. She had sev-\\neral Young Ladies with her one Gentleman, a Physician\\nspent the Evening in a Sociable Manner.\\n11. Being unwell in the Morning, I had much difficulty to\\nkeep myself stiring about through the Day. In the After\\nNoon, as I was taking a survey of the Works with Lieu* Hay-\\nward of the Artilery, a sudden Squall arose, I caught a\\nsmall wetting before I could cover myself.\\n11. As Mr. Stone was about to leave the City to return\\nHome (tho I was very unwell), I made shift to write two\\nLetters for home but he was so disingenious as to disappoint\\nboth Lieu* Hayward myself in the same thing, Viz. in not\\ncalling for our Letters, tho he past the Door. I know not\\nwhat to impute this to but his heedlessness or his disobliging\\nTemper. We had an Express from Philadelphia that 13 of", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 35\\nour Gallies had attacked the Roebuck Man of War 44 Guns\\nand a 28 Gun Ship, had run the Roebuck a ground on the\\nTop of the Tide, were waiting for the Tide to fall to make\\nthe Second attack. Continuing to be unwell, in the Even-\\ning I took a Vomit. Our Reg*, which had before this been\\nunsupplied with Tents, now had their compliment, pitched\\nthem in the Place allotted them, about a Mile to the North\\nof the Town but did not remove.\\n12, Sunday. I was very weak unwell never the less\\nI went to the Brick Meeting to attend Service, but was so\\ngrievously afflicted, partly with weakness following my last\\nnights Frolick, partly with a number of troublesome\\nBoils that had now taken possession of my Body, that I can\\ngive no ace* of the Service. In the Afternoon our people\\nwere emplo3^ed in fixing their Tents.\\n13, Monday. Our People removed into their Tents,\\nI took Boarding with Mrs. March on Slip, being so\\ntroubled with 5 Boils that I could scarcely walk.\\n14, Continued very ill a small Fever seting in took all\\nmy apetite for food away. This, with the Anguish of the\\nsore Boils, brought me so weak that I could not sit up\\nthe Day.\\nHad disagreeable news from Quebeck that the Enemy had\\nmade a Sally, being impowered thereto by reinforcements\\nthat arrived on the 4**^ of May, that not more than 200 of\\nour Men being to oppose them, they had taken the Hospital\\nwith 200 Sick, almost the whole of the Artilery Amuni-\\ntion, with all the Provisions. If this is true, there is great\\nBlame for the General, as our Army consisted of about\\n7,500 Men.\\nMay 15, 16. Continued very 111 with the Boils. The\\nDoctor visited me several Times sat up about my Time.\\n17* A Solemn Fast throng the Continent, but a little\\nesteemed by many of the Inhabitants.\\n5", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "36 JOUHNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\n18. Authority had been several Times before this em-\\nployed in bringing the Tories of this City to Terms, but as\\nmany of late had returned from the Country, whither they\\nhad fled for Safety, they began again had each one before\\nthe Committee of Safety, whom they obliged by an Oath Not\\nto act Inimically to America, and then took their Arms into\\nCustody; but about 20 proving refractory were commited to\\nGoal.\\n19. Sunday. Continueing unwell unable to walk, I\\ncould not go to Church as I had an Opportunity I wrote\\na Letter to my Mother, as also one to S. Emery, \u00c2\u00abSc sent\\nthem both to Nantucket.\\n20. News has been circulating in the City for several Days\\nthat a large Number of the Regulars are at Sandy Hook\\nwill soon be up to the City.\\n21. A Schooner belonging to Providence, which had about\\n8 Tons of Powder, 300 Stands of Arms, c., was taken by a\\nsmall Tender at Sandy Hook.\\n22. Growing Better, I am determined to go into the\\nTents.\\n23. Ride up to the Tents, almost Frieze in the Night.\\n24. Spend my Time very disagreably upon account of\\nthe Caprice of several pretended Gentlemen. However I\\nhave several worthy Friends I am determined to take as\\nlittle of insults as possible. Had News from Boston of a\\nvaluable Prize being taken by Cap* Mugford in a Continen-\\ntal armed Schooner. Cap* Mugford unhapily lost his Life by\\nopposing 13 Boats from the Men of War, who endeavoured\\nto board him retake the Prize but they were repulsed\\nwith great loss.\\n25. Being unable to walk, I took a ride into the City\\ntook this opportunity to call upon Miss Betsy Grim, whom\\nI had not visited since I was first taken ill. She had the", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 37\\nday before gone to make a visit in the Country. The Family\\nwondered at my so long absence, but concluded I was sick.\\nSaw Lieu* Webb, who was doing Duty with about of the\\nCompany on board the Whale Boats he desired me to\\nwrite home to acquaint his Wife of his welfare, which I did\\nthe next Day.\\nMay 26, Sunday. Being lame, I could not attend upon\\ndivine Service, but spent the chief part of the Day with\\nMaj Haden in his my own Tent in reading Herveys\\nMeditations. I wrote to my Mother. The Enemy are col-\\nlecting a Fleet of Transports Ships of War at Sandy Hook.\\nOur Men have been very busied in building Forts Breast\\nworks on the Jersie Side.\\n2T. This is the first Time I did Duty since my late indis-\\nposition (from which, thro the Goodness of God, I have\\nalmost perfectly recovered, excepting a lameness from a very\\nbad Boil under my left Ham. I mounted Piquet, unable to\\ndo other Duty. The Men complain of hard Duty, a thing\\nnot uncommon in Armies. The Duty is very constant, tho\\nnot hard.\\n29* Gen Election at Boston. I took a walk into the\\nCity.\\n30*. I went upon Fatiegue upon the Jersie side. Lieut^\\nHudson, Church, Myself were the officers from our Reg*.\\nWe worked upon a small Fort the Men in General worked\\nwell. Had some disagreement with the Engineers assist-\\nant about detaining us too long, as the Men would not\\nwork after 5 o clock, as we had to row across the River\\nhome. However, we tarried till six o clock, tho we did no\\nwork after 5. The Men behaved well to the officers. I\\nenjoy myself well on the recovery of my Health.\\nMay 31 I took a walk to visit my Friends in the City.\\nI am greatly rejoiced at the great regard and Esteem that I", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "38 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\ndiscovered I had shewn me on a particular Occasion by some\\nof the officers in our Reg^\\nJune 2*^. I mounted Guard at the Lower Barracks in the\\nGrand Batter3\\\\ The Guard consisted of 80 Men, 1 Cap\\n3 Subs. Had a tolerable pleasant Time of it. It was Sun-\\nday, and we had a great Number of Visitants after Service\\nwas performed, Lieut Hay ward, c.\\n3^*. The Officers of our Reg* had established an Associa-\\ntion consisting of the whole Choir of Officers to consult upon\\nMatters that should occur relating to our Regt, to spend\\na few Hours in Social Conversation. We had a Room at a\\nPublick House not far from the Camp, were to meet once\\nin a Fortnight upon Mondays in the Afternoon. There had\\nbeen already two of these associations, but I had not attended\\non account of my late Indisposition. In each of these the\\nmanner of my appointment in this Reg* (which had given\\numbrage to some that I had superceeded) was discussed in\\nmy absence but by accounts from some particular very\\nworthy Friends, in whom I could confide, I was respected\\nby all as to my Character, even above what I thought I\\ndeserved, that I myself was not blamed by any in coming\\ninto the Reg! but the Colonels who had recommended me\\nto superceed others had been greatly blamed that at first\\nI was blamed for my Conduct, in not consulting Cap Allen\\nhis Officers to know whether it would be agreeable, but\\nthat several of my Friends which were well respected in the\\nAssociation had appeared very warm in my Favour had\\nalmost given entire satisfaction. I considered well of these\\nMatters before I went to the Association it gave me great\\nuneasiness that the Colonels should be blamed on my Ac-\\ncount when they had never intended any Injustice to any\\none, in their Proceedings were perfectly innocent\\nfree from blame. Several circumstances had occurred at", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 39\\nthe Time of my appointment which were not perfectly un-\\nderstood by all, notwithstanding what had been offered by\\nmy Friends had given considerable Satisfaction to the few\\nwho were at first disgusted. I thought that if I took\\noccasion to give a particular detail of these circumstances\\nI should perhaps give greater Satisfaction. Oportunity\\nfavoured my design, I gave as regular account of the\\nwhole Affair as I was able to do. When I was speaking I\\ncould perceive by the Countenances of many that what I\\noffered was agreeable, after I had finished they all de-\\nclared themselves to be satisfied.\\nJune 3*? After I had arrived in the Camp I had the Pleas-\\nure to be congratulated by my Friends on my giving such\\nsatisfaction. The Lieut Colonel in Particular thanked me\\nfor what I had said.\\nJune 4. I tarried in the Camp all Day. This Day is the\\nKings Birth Day. No Festivity, Joy, or Mirth were dis-\\ncovered on this Occasion.\\nLieut. Shaw, the Gentleman whom I succeeded, came from\\nN. England to visit his Friends brought a Number of Let-\\nters for the Men of our Reg* By these several were made\\nacquainted with the Death of their Relatives. I have not\\nheard from home but by Mr. Stone since I left Roxbury\\nwhether it will be my unhappy Fate to have the same dis-\\nagreeable News from my Relatives, or whether I shall have\\nthe Happiness to hear of their Welfare, God only knows\\nMay he prepare me for whatever he shall think fit to lay\\nupon me\\n5*^ I was upon the Piquet Guard.\\n6*\\\\ Our whole Brigade, consisting of 5 Regiments,\\nViz., Learnards, Reeds, Prescotts, Baileys, Baldwins,\\nmarched into the City to take their Alarm Post, excepting\\nPrescotts regiment, which is stationed on Governors Island.", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "40 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nGen! Heath Marched at our Head. Gen! Washington had\\nbeen at Philadelphia to consult with the Congress upon some\\nweighty Affairs while he was absent it had been circulated\\nsj by the Tories that he had gone to resign his Office. This\\nbelieved by many in the Army. Nevertheless, he arrived in\\nthe City just before we marched into the City. Through\\nBroad Way we marched round the King s Statue, went back\\nto the Parade, where we formed the Batalion, Gen! Wash-\\nington, with several other GenP, the Judge Advocate, c.,\\nMarched by us, the Officers Saluted, our Reg* receiv^ the\\nParticular thanks of the Gen! for their good conduct.\\n7- I went into the City, visited Doc Warren,^ my old\\nFriend; the first time I could find him, tho he had been in\\nthe City a Fortnight. Miss Betsy Grim had returned. Spent\\nabout 3 Hours very agreeably, return*^ according to En-\\ngagement dined with Doctor Warren, in Company with\\nMajor Cary, Judge Advocate Tudor,^ several Young\\nLadies. I spent the greatest part of the afternoon very\\nagreeably in the same Company in the Gardens, c. Then\\nwent into the City, was called in by DocJ Eustis Cap\u00c2\u00b0\\nSergeant, drank Grog, c. Lieut. Hayward myself took an\\nEvening walk, visited Fort Mongomery, discoursed on some\\nparticular Affairs, then on different Subjects had a Friendly\\nConference, got to my Tent about 10 o clock.\\nMemorandum No. IV. continued.\\nJune S* 1776. This Day being the Jewish Sabbath, I\\nwent into the City in the Afternoon with Insign Bryant to\\n1 His classmate, Dr. John Warren, great-grandfather of the present Dr.\\nJohn ColHns Warren, of the Class of 1863.\\n2 Hon. Wilham Tudor, b. 28 March, 1750 d. 8 July, 1819. He was Judge\\nAdvocate of the Continental Arnay from 30 July, 1775, until 1778.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 41\\nobserve the Method of the Jewish Worship. The Synagogue\\nis a small Square Building, having a Gallery all around,\\nthough no Person sat therein. At the Heith of the lower\\nPart of the Gallery in the corners are 4 Candlesticks of Brass\\nhanging from the Roof, each having 16 Candles of Wax in\\nthe Centre of these is another, having twice that Number.\\nAt the East End of the Synagogue is a large Closet, which\\nserves as a repository for the Law and (I suppose) other holy\\nthings. This is encompassed with Banisters, and the Ascent\\nthereto is by 3 or 4 Steps. Upon the Corner Posts of the\\nBanisters are standing large Brass Candle Sticks, about 1|\\nFeet long, proportionable in Magnitude. In these are Wax\\nCandles of about 4 Inches Diamiter and about 3 Feet Long.\\nIn the Middle of the Synagogue is the Rostrum or Pulpit\\nlooking to the Repository, to which the Ascent is by 3 Steps.\\nOn this is a large Table covered with Red Tapestry, fringed\\nwith Silver Lace. On each Corner of this also is a Candle-\\nstick and Candle like the Former. None of the Candles are\\nalight in the day Time, but a Glass Lamp hangs from the\\nRoof, facing the Repository, which is kept constantly burning\\nboth night Day. The Priest was a handsome Young\\nMan of about 25, dressed in a black Gown, such as is worn\\nby Bachelors of Arts. When he entered the Synagogue, he\\nfirst walked to the Repository and unlocked the Door, then\\ncame down went into the Rostrum began to read, or\\nwhat we should call sing, and soon after the People all\\njoined with him, tho they did not observe good Time in their\\nsinging (as I then thought it to be, tho afterwards I was\\ninformed it was the propper way of their Reading). Some-\\ntimes this singing would alter into jabering, the Priest\\nwould mutter his Hebrew much faster than I could read or\\nspeak English. This was done all siting. Afterwards the\\nPriest arose, and stood still singing with his Eyes fixed on", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "42 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nthe Repository of the Law, and leaning on the Table in the\\nRostrum in about a Minute he went out of the Rostrum,\\nseveral others followed him to the Repository, one of\\nthem brought out the law written on a Roll of Parchment.\\nAt each end of the Roll was a Stick or Staff, over which the\\nLaw Rolled in two Rolls. On the Top of the Sticks were a\\ngreat Number of small Silver Bells, over the Bells a Silver\\nCrown. They carryed the Law into the Rostrum, when\\nthey Pawwayed a little Time over it then the Priest took\\nit, opening it, he lifted it up by the two sticks and turned\\nit around to all the People, at the sight of which they all\\nBawled out again. After much Ceremony, the Law was\\ncarried back again the Priest, both in taking out the Law,\\nin carrying it back, continued singing. After this they\\nPrayed, all standing, faced eastward with their Eyes cast\\nupward, c., c., which I cant remember, then all dispersed,\\nexcept a Few whom we left behind. It is worthy of observa-\\ntion that during the whole Ceremony, even in Praying, none\\ntook off their Hats, but sat and stood with them on.\\nSunday^ June 9-, 1776. This day I had the command of\\n87 Men to go to the Jersie side upon Fatiegue. Very warm\\nuncomfortable. The Men behaved very decently.\\n10, In the Afternoon Mr. W Stone accompanied by\\nLieut Hayward came to Visit me in Camp. Mr. Stone\\nbrought me a Letter from my Mother (blessed be God) my\\nFriends are all well. He told me that Cap Downs^ had remov*^\\nwith his Family to Nantucket. After the Gent and I had\\ndrank a little Grog, wee walked into the City spent the\\nafternoon very agreeably. I met Doc Curtis,^ a Gen with\\n1 Capt. Shubael Downes married Dr. Isaac s sister Lydia their daughter\\nCaroline married Hon. Nathan Brooks, of Concord, and was the motiier of the\\nwife of Hon E. R. Hoar, and of Judge Brooks.\\nDr. Benjamin Curtis of the Class of 1771.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 43\\nwhom I was very intimate at College, whom I had not\\nseen since we took our Degrees. We had a long Confer-\\nence walked through the Forts together, he gave me in-\\nformation of my old Friend Loring,^ who is now a Surgeon\\nto the Ministerial Butchers. This gave me great Trouble.\\nOn my return home I spent the Evening with Doc Warren\\nat his Lodging. When I returned I found Trouble on ace\\nof support.\\nTuesday, June 11, 1776. In the afternoon I was visited by\\nDoc Townshend^ Eustis, two old Comrades. Took a walk\\ninto the City with them spent the Evening.\\nTwo French vessels arrived here about 3 Days since,\\nloaded with W. India Goods, which knocks down the exor-\\nbitant Price of those articles a little. Had some Trouble\\nmy Friends support me, I have many of them.\\n12. I mounted Guard at the N. River in the City with\\nthe Hair Caps, i, e., York Tories who tho they have are\\ndeserving of a Bad Character, yet they behaved very well by\\nbeing kept in good Subjection. Here I found me a Sweet-\\nheart. There are very many in the City of York who have\\nbehaved in an inimical Manner to America, a large Mob\\nthis Day visited many of them, treated them very inhu-\\nmanly by carrying them on a Rail through the Streets, strip-\\ning them, c. Many of the Officers endeavoured to suppress\\nthem, but were unable only to disperse them for a little\\ntime. Towards Night they came nigh our Guard, I\\ndesired the Cajj? to turn out the Guard disperse them,\\n1 Benjamin Loring, of the Class of 1772, son of Joshua Loring, a Mandamus\\nCouncillor, who was proscribed anJ banished, and his beautiful house in\\nJamaica Plain (afterwards Col. D. S. Greenough s) confiscated. His son\\nBenjamin was a Surgeon in the King s Army went to Shelburne, Nova Scotia,\\nat the peace, but returned and died in Boston in 1798. N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg.,\\nvol. xxii. p. 3 Sabine s Loyalists.\\n2 Probably Dr. David Townsend, of the Class of 1770.\\n6\\nl/", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "44 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nbut he was unwilling however, they did no Violence to the\\ntwo Tories whom they were in pursuit of, but brought them\\nto us desired us to keep them, which we did out of com-\\npassion to the poor Men, but as no Crime was sent in against\\nthem, we dismissed them at relieving of the Guard. They\\nwere unwilling to quit the Guard House, which they thought\\na safe Asylum, we left them but not as Prisoners.\\n13. I wrote to my Mother in answer to her late Letter,\\nsent it by W Stone, who was bound immediately home.\\nI wrote also to Cap* Downs, but did not send the Letter, as\\nI should have a more Favourable opportunity in a few Days\\nto send to Nantucket.\\nA hand Bill appeared containing a Letter from the Con-\\ngress to the Convention of N. York desiring them to call in\\ntheir Militia, as the Congress had certain inteligence that\\nL Howe intended to make an attack very soon on N. York\\nwithin 10 Days at furtherest. We are tolerably fortified\\nunless they get past the Forts and land above us. We have\\ndaily bad News from Quebeck, there has been a great\\nMisconduct from what I can learn.\\nJune 14, 1776. I was a Member of a Regimental Court\\nMartial we had but one Prisoner brought before iis, and as\\nhis Crime was small, his Punishment was accordingly in\\nproportion. At Night I went on Piquet Guard.\\n16*?, Sunday. In the afternoon I attended on Divine\\nService under the Trees. God hath no regard to Place.\\nThe Priest thought himself to be something Great.\\n17. This day is the 17- of June, memorable for the Bat-\\ntle of Bunkers Hill in Charleston. I spent the Evening on\\nboard the Nantucket Vessell, one Cap* Beard Commander.\\n18*-. I went on Fatiegue at Powles Hooke. I had the\\nCommand, the Men behaved well. In the Afternoon\\nCap* Beard, his Brother, Mr. Chase, a Passenger, came up", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 45\\nto visit me in the Evening it rained hard that they could\\nnot go home for fear of the Centuries. I therefore went on\\nboard with them, continued all Night; we were very\\nsociable.\\nJune 19*?. On Monday last Major Brookes with 200 Men\\nand 2 Comp^ of Artilery set off in the Afternoon on a private\\nExpedition. We now find they were gone with an intention\\nto destroy the light House of which the Marienes from on\\nboard the Ships had taken possession by building a Fort.\\nReports are various concerning the Success of the Party,\\na considerable firing hath been heard. I went into the\\nCity in the afternoon visited several of my Friends. On\\nmy return to the Camp I saw several New Copper Mortars\\ntried these Mortars had been made in this City a few Days\\nsince, performed very well. Cap Beard and his Brother,\\ntogether with Mr. Chase, a Passenger (all belonging to\\nNantucket), spent the Evening in my Tent; a sudden\\nSquall which arose detained them till after the C. S. was de-\\nmandable, as they were under a Necessity to return they\\nmight meet with difficulty, I was obliged to go home with\\nthem, and tarried all Night. I spent the Evening Night\\nvery merryly after breakfast in the Morning returned.\\n20. I went to the City. Lieut. Hayward and myself spent\\nthe Evening on board Capt. Beards vessell. 1 sent a Letter\\nto Capt. Downs. I have many Reflections Concerning the\\nmispence of Time, therefore determined to spend some of\\nmy Leisure Hours in the Study of the French Language.\\n21. Orders were last night issued for 80 Men, 2 Sub?\\n1 Cap to go on a private Expedition. These Officers Men\\nwere drawn from the several Reg in the Army. I was sent\\nto be the Ofiicer from Gen! Heaths Brigade. We paraded\\naccording to orders at the Laboratorj^ at 9 o clock with Seven\\nIDays Provisions, Arms, Ammunition, c. Lieut^ Wheeler", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "46 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nMakepeace from the two other Brigades brought the\\nQuota of Men belongiug to each of them. This Party was\\nraised to reinforce the Party at tlie Light house but since\\nthe orders were issued News had been received that the\\nParty were unable to effect anything for the want of heavier\\nMetal, were on their return. We were therefore ordered\\nto return our Arms, were sent to the Jersies to cut Cedar\\nWood Logs, c. to build Fire Rafts. We imbarqued about\\n2 o clock in the Afternoon sailed toward Staten Island,\\nwhere we entered a small River. On each side were many\\nbeautifull Plantations, affording a delightfull repast to the\\nsenses of seeing hearing. After having sailed about 14\\nMiles from New York, the Wind failing the Tide seting\\ndown, we despaired of getting up this Night, as we had not\\nyet arrived to more than half the first distance therefore,\\ndetermined to go by land. We landed at Bergen Point, after\\ntraveling 9 Miles through a country very well timbered but\\nthinly settled with Inhabitants we arrived to the Place where\\nwe were to work, excepting the passing a short Ferry. Here\\nwe tarried all Night at a Publick House (Cadmuns) found\\nwe were now but 13 Miles by land from N. York.\\n22. The Periogue, in which we left all our Axes Pro-\\nvisions, did not arrive till near 12 o clock therefore we did\\nlittle work this day. We lived at the Ferry House on the\\nW. of Hackensack River we worked in a Cedar Swamp\\nabout I Mile to the Westward, belonging to Mr. Schuyler.^\\nThis Gentlemans Father had built a Causeway from the Ferry\\n1 Arent John* Schuyler (John^, Arenf^, Philip Petersen^), born about 1749,\\nmarried in 1772 Swartie Schuyler, died 1803; son of Col. John and Anna (Van\\nRensselaer) Schuyler, and great-grandson of the original immigrant from\\nHolland, Philip Petersen Van Schuyler. Mr. George L. Schuyler, to whom,\\nthrough the kindness of the Hon. R. C. Winthrop, I owe this information,\\nsays that there are many descendants of Arent Schuyler in New Jersey, and\\nthat the old house hereinafter described is no longer in the family.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 47\\nHouse through the Swamp, which is 3 Miles 20 Chaius,\\nat his own expense, chiefly to accomodate the Publick with\\na Passage to from N. York, as it saved many People above\\n15 Miles traveling it is now used as a Post Road to\\nPhiladelphia is a saving of about 9 Miles. In the after-\\nnoon Lieut^ Wheeler, Makepeace, myself visited Mr. Schuy-\\nler, about 4 Miles distance, found him a very agreable\\nGentleman of about 28 years with him we tarried all\\nNight, could not excuse ourselves from so doing. An\\nold Man accompanied us as a Pilot, in our Way he\\nshewed us the Copper Mines belonging to Mr. Schuyler the\\nWork which we could perceive had been done in them was\\nsufficient to astonish any Man who had seen so little of the\\nWorld as I had. Nothing had been done in these Mines for\\n4 Years, the Engine for throwing of the Water having been\\nburnt about that Time. This cost about 3 Thousand, ster-\\nling, would cast out of the Earth 80 Hogsheads in a\\nMinute. This was actuated by Fire, from fire it had its\\nonly Motion it was constructed upon the same Princi-\\nples much in the same Form as that of N. York for\\nwatering the City but (from necessity) the Works of\\nMr. Schuyler were greatly superiour in Magnitude to those\\nof the City, of which I could judge by the incombustible\\nMatter which was still remaining.\\nSunday, June 23 1776. This Morning arose early (hav-\\ning overnight taken our leave of the Family) came to our\\nParty, to whom we gave their stints. Mr. Schuyler had\\npromised to visit us at our lodging this Day, but staying be-\\nyond the appointed Hour we thought he would not come\\ntherefore we took a walk to Bergen, a Dutch Town, he\\ncame, brought a Friend, tarried as long as he conven-\\niently could then came over the River after us, but could\\nnot find us. He left word that he was going a small jour-", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "48 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nney could not see us again for 2 Days. I am very sorry,\\nas I am greatly in love with him impatient to see him.\\nYesterday we heard of a Plot being Discovered in which a\\ngreat Number of the Citizens, Long Islanders, some of the\\nGen Life Guard, others of the Army had conspired to\\nMurther the General, blow up the Magaziens, seize the\\nCannon of some of the Works, hold possession of tlie Forts\\non Powles Hook. This was to be done on the First approach\\nof the Enemy, that taking the advantage of our Confusion\\nthey might put us to a greater. The Mayor of the City of\\nYoi k, whose Name is Mathews, one Forbes, were the\\nchief of the Conspirators. Both of these had receiv Money\\nfrom Governor Tryon to buy Arms pay their infernal\\nTools they had gone so far, according to all accounts, as\\nto arrange the Conspirators into Companies, to appoint\\ntheir officers, whom they swore by the Bible to be true\\nFaithfull to the King. But now both Forbes the Mayor\\nare under confinement, the General hath a list of the\\nNames of all the Conspirators, but none are known before\\nthey are taken into custody. Parties of the Independant\\nCompanies of the City are gone into Long Island in search\\nof some of the Rogues who have taken themselves into the\\nWoods to schreen themselves from the Punishment they\\ndeserve.\\n24. After the Party had finished their Work, we took a\\nwalk as far as Powles Hooke. Then Lieut Wheeler went over\\nto York, but Lieu* Makepeace myself went back as far as\\nBergen in a Stage Waggon, then visited several of the Dutch\\nPeople, at Night we went back to Mr. Dowes.\\n25. I took the Party to their Work in the Morning,\\nLieu* Wheeler returned gave much the same account of\\nthe above Plot as we had before receiv d. In the afternoon\\nMr. Schuyler came to see us, spent a very sociable Visit.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 49\\nWe treated him with Madeira Wine, Grog, c. but to our\\nsurprise he settled the whole Reckoning himself before we\\ncould know.\\nJune 25 1776. Lieut. Makepeace being a little unwell,\\nMr. Schuyler took him home with him, engaged us to dine\\nwith him the next day.\\n26. The Party having finished their Stints, we set off for\\nMr. Schuylers, according to Engagement he Met us about\\nhalf way with a Chair. We had an Elegant Dinner. After\\nDinner Lieu* Wheeler returned, left Makepeace myself\\nwith Mr. Schuyler. Towards Night we took a tour across\\nthe River west of his House, recreated ourselves at a Pub-\\nlick House by playing Bowles drinking Wine, Grog, c. in\\nCompany with several Gentlemen of Mr. Schuyler s acquaint-\\nance. About 8 o clock we returned to Mr. Schuylers found\\na Gentleman who had come to spend an Evening with him,\\nMr. Dubois, a learned comical Genius.\\n27*^. Mr. Schuyler, after Breakfast, came with us in a\\nChair, tarried till after Sunset, during which time many\\nDecanters of Wine suffered Shipwreck, many Bowles of Grog-\\nwere poured down our thirsty Bellies nor was Egg Pop\\nforgot among our Dainties. Spent the whole Day very\\nagreably. Before Night the whole Party set off, left\\nme to take care of the Teams and to take accounts of the\\nTimber, Wood, c. we had cut, to give Certificates for\\nthe Teams, Boats, Wood, c., after I had got it to the Land-\\ning, to the Q. Master General, This Evening we hear bad\\nnews from Quebeck but as Reports are so often false, we\\ncan make no Dependance on what we hear.\\n28. Slept very 111. Mr. Schuyler came at 10 o clock we\\nspent the forenoon very agreably, got all the Timber, c.\\nto the Landing. The afternoon was taken up in giving Cer-\\ntificates, making up acc c. This could not be finished till", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "50 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nafter sunset, and as it was too late to return to York, I readily\\naccepted of Mr. Schuyler s Invitation to go with him for the\\nNight. Spent the Evening much to my satisfaction. This\\nDay we heard of one Thomas Hickey, a Soldier in Gen^\\nWashington s Life Guard, being Executed for joining in the\\nPlot mentioned above. This man was a Deserter from the\\nMinisterial Army. He that is false to one Party is not to be\\ntrusted in any, tliough its opposite. This Hickey was drawn\\ninto the Plot by the persuasions of one Green, the Drummer\\nfor the Life Guard. Green also was a Deserter, but is kept\\nto give Evidence against others.\\nJune 29, 1776. I Returned to York. Mr. Schuyler lent\\nme a Horse to Ride he an Aunt rode in a Chaise. When\\nI arrived I made my Returns to the Deputy Quarter Master\\nGen took my leave of Mr. Schuyler, returned to my Tent.\\nFound Ensign Bryant had gone to the Works as a Carpenter\\nto build a Machiene to sink in the River to prevent the\\nEnemy s Ships from penetrating up the Ghanell.\\nSince I have had occasion to speak frequently of Mr.\\nSchuyler, I must give a small Detail of his Family, which\\nconsisted of Himself, Wife, one small Daughter, a Mother,\\nMiss Polly, his Sister, about 13 or 14 years old, besides a\\nBrother of his Wife his Family, who fled from York.\\nWhat can be said of one may be justl} applicable to all, viz.,\\nconsidering all Circumstances, they are as agreeable People\\nas ever I had the Pleasure of being acquainted with. Mr.\\nSchuyler, (tho a Gentleman of Liberal Education, not more\\nthan 27 years of age, one of the first Estates in the Prov-\\nince,) yet he inspects every work upon his Farm, which is\\nvastly extensive.\\nMrs. Schuyler (his Wife), tho not beautifull in her out-\\nward Form, is possed of such a beauteous Mind as must\\nmake her agreeable to every one that hath the pleasure to be", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 51\\nacquainted with her. She, as doth her Husband, taketh\\nPleasure in regulating the affairs of her Family, which by her\\nDiligence Care is kept in the neatest Order, the greatest\\nHarmony Decorum may be observed in every Department\\nof the Whole. Besides the Persons before mentioned which\\ncompose the Family are about 50 or 60 Blacks, all of whom,\\nexcept those who are necessary for Domestic Service, live in\\na large, convenient House built for that Purpose without the\\nGate in the House every servant their perticular Sphere to\\nact in. I never saw more than 2 in the House otherwise\\nthan in the Kitchen, those were waiters. Those who live\\nin the Out House each have their perticular Department\\nregular Hours to Work in their Victual is cooked at certain\\nHours by their own Cookes, to which they are regularly called\\nby a Bell, which Rings in the Morning for the Servants to\\nturn out to their Work, and at 7 for Breakfast, at 12 for\\nDinner, at a propper Time for them to leave their Work,\\nagain at 8 in the Evening for each to repair to their House,\\nafter which no Noise is heard.\\nNotwithstanding they have so large a Family to regulate,\\nMrs. Schuyler also seeth to the Manufactoring of suitable\\ncloathing for all the Servants, all of which is the Produce of\\ntheir own Plantation in which she is helped by her Mamma\\nMiss Polly. The whole is done with less Combustion\\nNoise than many Families who have not more than 4 or 5\\nPersons in the whole Family. This whole Family seems ever\\nto be still, quiet, serene, notwithstanding its magnitude\\nthe multiplicity of Buisness which they have to transact.\\nMr. Mrs. Schuyler seem always to be at leisure, never\\ndisturb Company with being busied hurried more than if\\nthey had nothing to do. What added to my surprise, after\\nobserving the regulations of this wonderfull Family, was to\\nunderstand that Mrs. Schuyler was born of brought up in\\n7", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "52 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\na Rich genteel Family in the City of York, where her\\nEducation must have been so vastly different from noway\\nconnected with the Life which she now leads nor doth she\\nnow cast off the Mein Behaviour of the genteel bred\\nWoman, but the whole Family live dress in a very genteel\\nmanner, so far as gentility is consistent with Reason.\\nIt is not from any Parsimonious Views that Mr. Schuyler\\nor his Wife employ themselves in many Matters which is\\nuncommon for People of their Fortune, but they often\\ntold me when I expressed my Surprise at it, that this was\\ntheir greatest Pleasure, they would both in passionate\\nTerms lament pity the Fate of those People of Fortune\\nwho were so blinded by their Education as not to discover\\nsome such Expedient to employ those many leisure Hours\\nwhich they are daily racking their Invention to kill which\\nNevertheless hang heavy on their Hands. Nor do either of\\nthem wholly slight the diversions of the Town but fre-\\nquently they were wont, while the Town was in Peace, to\\nspend a few Days at a time in the City, sometimes they\\nmake small excursions in the Country.\\nMr. Schuylers Mansion House is a large, grand, and mag-\\nnificent building, built partly of stone the rest brick most\\nbeautifully scituate upon an Eminence on the east Bank of\\nwhat is called Hackensack River. On the West side of the\\nRiver, by the Water, is the Road which leads to Hackensack,\\nAlbany, c., by which are a considerable number of Build-\\nings, two Churches, the one a Dutch the other an\\nEnglish Church, built by Mr. Schuylers Father. These,\\ntogether with the Buildings, standing by a straight level\\nRoad,. and the beautifull Groves on the Eminences on the\\nWest, afford a most delightfull prospect from the Front of\\nMr. Schuyler s House. On the back part of the House is a\\nlarge, neat Garden, built partly for Ornament partly for", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 53\\nConvenience. At the back of the Garden is a prodigious high\\nHill covered with Woods. The House hath a sufficiency of\\nouthouses on the South, on the North, at a little distance,\\nare his Barns, sufficient to accomodate his Farm, which by\\naccounts is three Miles across. In fine the Scituation of this\\nGentleman s Dwelling, both for convenience and Pleasure, is\\nthe best that ever I beheld. On the Bast of his House at\\nthe Distance of about of a Mile he hath two Parks in which\\nare about 150 or 160 Deer but I could get no sight of them,\\nas they never came out of the Woods except in the Night.\\nMr. Schuyler was descended from the Family of Schuylers\\nwhich rendered so much good Service to N. England, as\\nmentioned in Hutchinson s History. There are many of the\\nsame Family at Albany now, and at New York. This Gen-\\ntlemans Grandfather, in but tolerable circumstances, moved\\nfrom Albany to the place above described (the Township is\\ncalled New Barbadoes), where he accidentally discovered the\\nCopper Mines now possessed by his Grand Child (mentioned\\n22*? of June), out of which he got great Wealth the\\nFamily carrying on the Works have made daily additions to\\nthe Estate till they have all the Lands contiguous are now\\nimmensely Rich. The whole Family have been Noted for\\ntheir Liberality to the Publick, but especially to the Poor\\nIndigent it is remarkable that of the great Number I\\ndaily while there heard speak of the Family, none spoke\\notherwise than with respect Love.\\nWhat can hinder this Man from being happy unless he\\nhad a most discontented Mind\\nA Man that in Mr. Schuyler s Scituation could not be\\nhappy deserves no longer to continue on the Earth. I\\nremember once to have asked him if he thought himself\\nHappy he replied. Yes. I then asked if he thought any\\nMan more happy than himself? He calmly answered that", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "54 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\npossibly some might be, for he had his gloomy Hours but\\nthat the Man that was more Happy than himself was happy\\nindeed, but that he imagined made no doubt that many\\nwere as happy.\\nThis last part I doubt of for tho some have, to outward\\nappearance, sufficient to make them happy, yet few have\\nthat Temper and disposition Temper of Mind which is\\nthe chief Blessing enjoyed by this Gentleman. Without\\nmaking any more remarks (for I cant do justice to what I\\nhave endeavoured) I must declare the Few days spent in\\nthis Family to be the most happy of any that I was ever sen-\\ncible of enjoying in my Life.\\nWhile I was with him we contracted a most intimate\\nFriendship, he on parting desired me to visit him as often\\nas possible on his part engaged to do the same. He also\\nmade me a very generous offer with regard to being innocu-\\nlated with the small Pox, which I believe I shall accept\\nwhen I have served my Country through this Campaign.\\nAs I returned to York, I saw the Signals for the arrival of\\nmore than 20 Ships hoisted on Staten Island.\\nJune 30, 1776. I went to a German Church in the fore\\nNoon with Lieut Drew Alden and Ensigns Bradford\\nCotton. As I did not understand the Language, I could not\\ndetermine as to the abilities of the Priest, but he seemed a\\npoor Orator. In the afternoon we went to the Quaker\\nMeeting sat about 2 Hours, and nothing being said we\\nset off left them, took a Bowl or two of Grog return\\nto Camp. On my return saw Thos Covil, who informed me\\nof my friends, Webb, c., in the Whale Boats. There were\\nbrought to town last night 4 Officers 16 Sailors who came\\nup in a Barge to sound the Chanell, were fired upon by\\none of our Forts brought too. Yesterday arrived at the\\nHooke 130 Sail of Ships Transports. Those Persons", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 55\\nwho had been intrusted with the Countersign had been so\\nimprudent as to give it out to others, that it was no difficult\\nMatter even for a Stranger to get it, Centuries were often\\nimposed upon abused when on their Posts several were\\nfired upon one wounded. Therefore it was directed that\\nthe Countersign should be delivered to none but Colonels\\nOfficers of Guards by this Means I hope we shall be in\\nmore safety.\\nJuly 1^*, 1776. In the fore Noon spent some time very\\nagreeably with some young Ladies of my acquaintance in the\\nCity.\\nIn the Afternoon took the Alarm Post assigned for our\\nReg* about 2 Miles up the River from our Incampment.\\n2^. Part of the Fleet came up to the Watering Place on\\nStaten Island in plain sight of the City this caused the\\nsignals for an Alarm. The Inhabitants are in great Confu-\\nsion, removing from the City, c. Orders were issued that\\nno Man, either Officer or Soldier, should be absent from\\nCamp without leave in Wrighting from the Commander of\\nthe Regiment.\\nS More of the Ships are daily coming up some of the\\nEnemy landed on Long Island Yesterday, but were repulsed.\\n4. Went to the City in the forenoon. The Militia from\\nall Parts are daily coming in many have arrived. This\\nMorning our Brigade had liberty to fire each Man two\\nRounds of Cartridge at a mark we accordingly turned out\\nand marched to a suitable Place. The first Fire was made\\nsingly, in which one of Cap* Hamblens Company in our\\nReg* accidentally lost his Life. He, thinking that his Piece\\nhad snaped, was taking it from his Face to cock it again\\nwhen the Piece went off, kicked him in the Breast, which\\ninstantly killed him.\\n5. Went on Guard at tlie Grand Battery. Capt. Wiley", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "0- N-\\nV\\n56 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nof Col. M ^Doiigles Regt commanded the Guard he was a\\nmost agreeable Gentleman, with him I spent the Time\\nvery agreeably.\\n6 J Have the News of the United Colonies being Declared\\nfree independent States by the Congress may they be\\nable to support themselves free Independent, and never\\nagain be brought under the Yoke of Bondage by Cunning\\ndesigning Men.\\nThe whole Choir of our Officers, together with Col. Baldwin\\nthe chief of his Officers, went to a Publick House to tes-\\ntify our Joy at the happy news of Independence. We spent\\nthe afternoon merily in playing at Bowles for Wine;] I was\\nby good fortune set clear of the whole Recconing. Before\\nwe departed an Accidental Misunderstanding happened, in\\nwhich I gained the applause of each Individual.\\nJuly 7, 1776, Sunday. Simeon Chubbuck, my waiter, is\\nvery ill of the Camp disorder. As our chief Dependance was\\non him for help, wee are in great confusion. It not being\\npropper for the officers to leave the Camp, I did not, as usual,\\nattend on Service till the afternoon. A Preacher, one Davids,\\ncame to hold forth for us under the Trees he preached from\\nJohn 14 C. 6 v., made out miserably in my opinion, tho he\\ngave general satisfaction.\\nThe great Number of Prisoners confined in the Jail made\\nit Necessary to keep a Strong Guard to keep them in due\\nSubjection this guard had been kept for considerable Time.\\nSerg* Sprague of our Company happening to be on this\\nGuard, an Insurrection was made among the Prisoners,\\none of them named Armstrong fired at the Lieu* of the\\nGuard was just about to kill the Sheriff of the City when\\nSerg* Sprague shot him dead on the Spot, for which he was\\nhighly applauded. This calmed the Insurgents, they\\nwere subdued.\\ne", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 57\\nJuly 8, 1776. Nothing material happened.\\n9-. In the afternoon went to the City engaged a Gen-\\ntleman to teach a Number of us the French Language. Vis-\\nited Miss Betsy Grim Lieu* Hayward.\\nThis afternoon the Declaration of the Independence of the\\n13 American States was read to the Several Brigades. It\\nwas received with Joy, which they severally testified by three\\nCheers.\\n10 Orders were Issued for our Brigade to be in readiness\\nat 4 o clock tomorrow Morning for a March. We all ima-\\ngined that wee were designed to make an Attack upon the\\nEnemy on Staten Island, but on farther consideration we\\nhad reason to doubt of it, as no particular Orders were Issued\\nwith Respect to our Bagage, which would be Necessary to\\ntake with us if this was the Intention of the General.\\nLast Night the Statue on the Bowling Green representing\\nGeorge Ghwelph alias George Rex (described June 19-^)\\nwas pulled down by the Populace. In it were 4,000 Pounds\\nof Lead, a Man undertook to take of 10 oz of Gold from\\nthe Superficies, as both Man Horse were covered with\\nGold Leaf. The Lead, we hear, is to be run up into Mus-\\nquet Balls for the use of the Yankies, when it is hoped that\\nthe Emanations of the Leaden George will make as deep im-\\npressions in the Bodies of some of his red Coated Torie\\nSubjects, that they will do the same execution in poison-\\ning destrojdng them, as the superabundant Emanations\\nof the Folly pretended Goodness of the real George have\\nmade upon their Minds, which have effectually poisoned\\ndestroyed their Souls, that they are not worthy to be ranked\\nwith any Beings who have any Pretensions to the Principles\\nof Virtue Justice but would to God that the unhappy\\ncontest might be ended without puting us to the disagree-\\nable Necessity of sending them to dwell with those beings\\nv/", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "J\\n58 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nfor the Company of whom alone their Tempers disposi-\\ntions are now suitable.\\n11*^. At 4 in the Morning (the usual time of taking our\\nAlarm Posts) we appeared on the Parade, were led by\\nGen Heath Brigade Major Henly to Reconnoiti-e the ad-\\njacent advantageous Posts, that we might be better acquainted\\nwith the Scituation of the ground and be able to take advan-\\ntage thereof whenever we should be called to action. We\\nmarched to Turtle Bay, about 3 Miles, in our March had\\nseveral sham Engagements, c. then returned to Camp\\nabout 11 o clock, almost starved.\\nIn the afternoon I went to the Cit}^ to School.\\n12. Went on Fatiegue at the Grand Battery. Several\\nDeserters from the Enem}^ informed that it was the Inten-\\ntion of the Enemy to have sent ^5 Ships up the N. River to\\nstop the Water Communication between Albany N. York.\\nThis was confirmed by the Circumstance of 4 Boats having\\ncome further up the Harbour Yesterday than common, as\\nwas supposed to sound the Bay.\\nIn the afternoon a fine Brieze arose at S. W., tlie Tide\\nbeing favourable at the same Time we soon discovered 2 Ships\\n3 Tenders making for the Town, whereupon we repaired as\\nsoon as possible each one to their several alarm posts but be-\\nfore I got from the City our Batteries began to play upon them.\\nI stoped to observe them, but found that our Shot chiefly fell\\nshort of them, but saw several shot strike the larger Ship\\none Tender was obliged to put back. On my arrival at the\\nCamp I found the Tents all struck, as the Enemy by seeing\\nthem might fire on the Camps however, they had knowl-\\nedge of the place, before I got ten Rods from it they had\\ngot abreast of the Incampment; but as they were under\\nquick way their shots fell chiefly to the Northward, many\\nof them went over my head, 3 or 4 struck within 20 Rods", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 59\\nof me. The Reg! had gone to their Alarm Post. Before I\\ngot to the Alarm Post, being behind a hill, I discovered a Ball\\nwhich had hit on the opposite side of the hill was hoping\\nover it. I saw that it was in a direction that would bring\\nit very near my Waiter (Simeon Chubbuck), who was about\\n5 or 6 Yards before me. I hallowed to him. He had just\\nTime to discover dodge it, but it passed him at not more\\nthan Yard distance at the heighth of his Breast. Before\\nthis I was not in the least intimidated, but must confess that\\non seeing so narrow a chance of a Young Mans Life for\\nwhom I had a very great Regard, I had feelings different\\nfrom what I before had. The Ball struck a Post in a fence\\non the opposite side of the Road, knocked it down, then\\nproceeded on its course. By the slow Motion which it had\\nwhen I first discovered it I thought it would stop in a few\\nRods, but I immediately traced it for more than 20 Rods\\nbut could find nothing of it. I then proceeded to the Alarm\\nPost Sim was so weak that he went but a little farther\\nreturned to Camp. Before any of our Reg* (as they were but\\na small distance before me) arrived to our Alarm Post, the\\nShips had past it in their Way many Balls passed very\\nnear them, one killed a Cow at a very small distance from\\nthem. This was the only Life which was taken away by\\ntheir Cannon, but by the carelessness of our own Artilery\\nMen Six Men were killed with our own Cannon, several\\nothers very badly wounded.\\nIt is said that several of the Company out of which they\\nwere killed were drunk, neglected to Spunge, Worm,\\nstop the Vent, and the Cartridges took fire while they were\\nraming them down.\\nThe Cannon from the City did but very little execution,\\nas not more than half the Number of the Men belonging to\\nthem were present. The others were at their Cups at", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "60 JOUKNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\ntheir usual place of abode, Viz., on the Holy Ground but\\nfrom Red Hooke, which was at a very great distance, they\\nfired very well, from Powles Hook they Hulled them\\nseveral Times. What particular Dammage we did can t yet\\nlearn. They have gone up the River, but will be stoped\\nabout Mile up by Fort Montgomery. After all this\\nbustle, toward Night the Eagle, with Admiral Lord Howe on\\nboard, who had been several Days at the Hooke, came up\\njoined the other Ships at the Landing.\\nI was very unwell all day am in some fear lest I shall\\nhave the Camp disorder, which is now frequent in this Camp.\\n13. Not well staid in the Camp.\\nSunday, 14. Still unwell. Almost the whole Reg* are\\nsick with the Camp Distemper our Reg* is by far the most\\nsickly of the whole Brigade, I dare say of the whole Army.\\nMy waiter [recrjuits a little. No Meeting this Day. A\\nflag this Afternoon from the Enemy came up the River with\\na Letter from Genl Howe to Gen! Washington but as the\\nLetter was directed to George Washington, Esq., they\\nwere sent back, the Letter never opened nor received\\nfurther than to read the superscription, when the Officer\\nthat went to wait on them returned it, telling them that he\\nknew of no such Man at York.\\nJuly 15, 1776. Cap* Allen myself both warned for\\nGuard. He drew Harrisons Brewery, I drew the upper\\nBarrack but as we were desirous to go together, I swaped\\nwith another officer. I saw Vauzile, our Pilot, when at\\nSchuyler s Swamp; he brought compliments from Mr.\\nSchuyler Family, with an Invitation to visit him. I\\nshall not lose the first opportunity of paying a visit to\\nthis excellent Family but as it is expected that we shall\\nsoon have an Attack, it will be with great difficulty if I get\\nliberty.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 61\\nA second flagg came up this afternoon cannot learn the\\nBuisness.\\n16. The Guard came very late to relieve us in the After-\\nnoon our Colours Standards were finished brought home.\\nJuli/ 17, 1776. Staid in Camp nothing remarkable.\\n18. Lieut. Webb Mr. Baker from Hianeas (Hyannis)\\ncame to visit me. I am greatly rejoiced to hear of the\\nWelfare of our Friends at home, tho I hear but little in\\nparticular.\\nI spend the afternoon very agreeably in reading a Voyage\\nof Monsieur Viand, c., c.\\nThe State of New York have adopted the Resolves of the\\nCongress respecting Independance, made it Treason for any\\nto conspire or Plot against the State.\\n19. I was on Fatiegue in the City building a Barricado\\nto Broadway another Street runing west from St. Pauls\\nChurch. Every Street around the Common, on the side of\\nwhich is the Laboratory, is to be barricadoed, many of\\nthe Works are nearly finished. After Duty was over, I went\\nin quest of Lieu* Webb Mr. Bakers Vessell, but could find\\nneither. Met with Lieu^ Hay ward, with him took an\\nopportunity to survey the Fire Ships, the Chiver du\\nfrieze Ships preparing to sink in the River. The Fire\\nShips are well constructed, and may do execution but the\\nChiver du frieze can be of little service, as it is too weakly\\nconstructed to do damage to a Vessell of any Strength.\\nThe ships preparing to be sunk will be of vast expence,\\nI am doubtfuU of their Success, as the Water in the Harbour\\nwhere they will be of anj service is very deep. Across\\nthese Ships are laid on each about 6 or 8 long Timbers\\npointed with Iron, to sink the ships when they shall run\\nagainst them. The success of these must be left for time to\\ndetermine. I took a view also of two rowe Gallies building\\nl/", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "62 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nat the East End of the City. One of them is nearly ready\\nfor sailing the other is still on the Stocks almost finished.\\nEach are to carry a 32 p in the bow, besides small pieces in\\nthe sides they are neatly built, resembling much the In-\\ngravings of the Turkish Gallies, if properly managed, may\\nserve greatly to annoy the Enemy s Fleet. Spent the Even-\\ning in a Tavern on Golden Hill, returned to my tent about\\n10 o clock.\\n20. Cap* Allen was ordered to take command of a party\\ngoing to Kings Bridge, for 7 Days. I am the only Officer\\nleft with our Company. Several Flaggs came Yesterday\\ntoday from the Enemy, but no Dispatch was received, as the\\nGen} was resolute not to receive any letter respecting his\\npublick character unless it was properly directed the officer\\nsaid that Genl Howe regretted much that he had not arived\\na few Days sooner, as it might have saved great trouble if he\\nhad arived with the power he has vested in him before Inde-\\npendance was declared.\\nAt the desire of Gen! Howe verbally received. Gen! Wash-\\nington received the Adjutant Genl of the Ministerialists to an\\ninterview with him in the City, who brought the same letter\\nfrom Gen! Howe that had before been offered him but\\nGen! Washington still continued resolute not to receive\\nit, notwithstanding he was earnestly desired to do it by\\nAdjt Genl.\\nThese behaved to each other with the greatest compli-\\nsance the Adjutant Gen\\\\ after spending considerable\\ntime in Conference with Gen! Washington, in which he ever\\ngave him the title of Your Excellency, was conducted to his\\nBoat, attended by a number of the Officers, c., of the\\nArmy. Tis said that at his departure he was overheard\\nhighly to the honour of our Noble General.\\nIn the afternoon had the Ace* of Gen^ Lee s having de-", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 63\\nfeated the Ministerialists at South Carolina, both by Sea\\nby Land under Gen. Clinton Admiral Parker. The En-\\ngagement by Sea lasted for 6 Hours, and was important, as\\nthe Ships came to an Anchor very nigh a large Fort the\\nFort did them great Dammage, destroyed a 36 Gun Ship,\\ngreatly damaged two capital Ships so that they are unfit for\\nService, killed great Numbers of the Men drove them off.\\nAt the same time the Enemy s Land force were repulsed in\\nendeavouring to Advance to attack the Rear of the fort\\nwhile the Ships were playing upon them in front. The\\nEnemy threw great Numbers of Shot at our fort from their\\nShips, and a large Number of Shells from a Bomb Ketch.\\nThe Bombs did little damage the whole of our loss was no\\nmore than 10 killed 22 wounded. The Gen (Lee) ap-\\nplauded his officers Men in the highest Language for their\\ngood Conduct bravery in the Action.\\nJuly 21, Sunday. Turned out at break of day (as usual)\\nto take the Alarm Post. The Men of our Company vyed\\nwith each other in good behaviour. This gave me the\\ngreater satisfaction, as this Company formed a Compleat Con-\\ntrast Avith the one that March before us the one in our\\nRear (which, by the buy, are never well regulated, owing to\\nthe insensibility of the Officers).\\nCoP Baily, having buisness of importance to transact at\\nhome, had a Furlough for 21 Days, this day set off for N.\\nEngland, An odd built Vessell, riged nearly like to a top-\\nsail Shooner, called a Rowe Gallic, this day arrived from\\nConnecticut. She carries two 18 pf in her Bow, besides 6 or\\n8 six p on the Gunwale. T is reported several others are\\ncoming from Rhode Island, c., who have been sent for\\nto harrass the ships now up the River. No meeting this\\nDay.\\nMonday, 22 July, 1776. Went to visit Lieu* Webb, c.", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "64 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nWent on board Mr. Bakers vessell, in which was Cajj\\nPrince Ghorham.\\n23** Went on Fatiegue at St. Pauls Church for about an\\nhour, then was sent for with my Party to go on board the\\nShips preparing to be sunk. Dined, according to engage-\\nment, with Mr. O Dougald Monsieur Perry, Gentlemen\\nof my acquaintance in the City. Saw the infamous Pro-\\nclamation issued by Lord Howe now made publick by\\norder of the Congress, offering Pardon to those in an} of\\nthe Colonies who will return to their Duty acknowledge\\nthe Supremacy of Parliament. Lord Howe declares that\\nhe hath this power vested in him by Act of Parliament,\\nthese are the Terms of accomodation offered by the English.\\nBut will Americans tamely submit to those merciless Tyrants\\nwho have already done their utmost to reduce them to a\\nstate of abject slavery? and will they acknowledge? What\\ncan they acknowledge but that they have bravely stood\\nforth in defence of those Rights Priviledges which the\\nGod of Nature hath bestowed upon them, which they may\\nnot give up (unless unable to support them) without affront-\\ning that being who delights in the Liberty prosperity of\\nall his Creatures\\n24. Am a little unwell, yet I went to the City to carry\\na Letter which I had wrote to my Brother Joshua. Sent\\nit by Mr. Baker. Saw Lieu* Webb, who informed me of a\\nLetter which was directed for me on board a Nantuckett\\nvessell but as Mr. Bailey was not on board I could not ob-\\ntain it. Our Company are now about of them very low\\nwith the Camp Disorder, or Bloody Flux, which is very\\nprevalent throughout the whole Army, though it Ema-\\nciates them verj^ much yet is not very mortal, as not more\\nthan one in our Reg* has died with this disorder. I being\\nsome unwell with the above disorder have much trouble", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS. 65\\ndifficulty to see that the Sick are properly taken care\\nof.\\nJuly 25. I am tolerably comfortable, though something\\nweak. In the Evening I went to the City for my Letter,\\nbeing very anxious to hear from my Friends, but could not\\nobtain it, Mr. Bailey not being on board.\\n26. In the Morning a Report prevailed that the Ships up\\nthe River were coming down but it proved only that they\\ncame down in order to take a Parcel of Sheep a Quan-\\ntity of Butter which the Tories had collected, according\\nto agreement the Ships were to meet them take it off;\\nbut before the Ships arrived the Sheep Butter together\\nwith several other small Articles were discovered, as no\\nowner appeared to lay claim to them they were secured.\\nThese Tories cannot yet be quelled, notwithstanding (as I\\nam credibly informed) a large number (300) of them who\\nhad collected together a few days before the Ships went up\\nwere taken, upon examination they confessed that by\\nagreement with the infamous Wallace (the commander of\\none of the Ships) they were to assemble, destroy tlie 2 large\\nFrigates which are building up the River, Wallace was to\\nsupport them with a Party sufficient for them to beat down\\nall opposition while they could pillage the Country round\\nabout, then, as I suppose, they were to retreat on board.\\nUpon this the more ignorant Vulgar, who it appeared had\\nbeen drawn into this Confederacy by tlie artfull persuasions\\nof others worse abandoned than themselves, were dismissed\\nunder proper Restrictions; but the worst of them were some\\nsent to the Mines in New England others were sent to close\\nconfinement.\\nIn the Evening Lieu* Sears came home, brought 4 Men,\\nwho appeared to be Gentlemen, whom he had taken the\\nNight before in endeavouring to make their escape on board", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "66 JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT ISAAC BANGS.\\nthe Men of War. Himself, as also the others that were in\\nthe Whale Boats, had taken a considerable Number of the\\nTories at different times endeavouring to make their Escape,\\nhad delivered them to the Committee of the Town but\\nthey had frequently dismissed them upon their Paroles,\\nin a short Time would make their escape, being more luckey\\nthan at first. Being disgusted with the proceedings of the\\nCommittee, whom he also suspected of Tor3asm, he deter-\\nmined accordingly brought them to the Gen^\\nJoseph Egerton Joseph Snell, two of our Company,\\nthe former the Cap*^ Clerk, were taken ill on the 21 Instant\\nas they were now not fit to remain in tents, having a\\nstrong Fever, I carried to an uninhabited House, a small\\nback room of which with much difficulty I had obtained\\nfor them, appointed a Nurse from the Company,\\nI am still unwell with the Camp Disorder, but I have it\\nvery lightly.\\nCalled for guard tomorrow, but excused on ace* of my\\nillness.\\n27. Not being able for Guard, I inspected the Camp\\nHospital. Rec*^ a Letter from my Mother, dated June 16.\\n28. Sunday. Being unable to attend Service, I tarried in\\nCamp. A Number of our Rowe Gallies went up the River.\\n29. Rode to the City. Went on b a Nantucket Vessell\\nin which my Letter came. Found that Prince Ghorham\\nBaker, by whom I had sent a Letter to my Brother, had not\\ngone, as Bakers Vessell was taken for a Fire Vessell but\\nas they were going in this Vessell I let it pass. After spend-\\ning considerable Time very agreeably, return Visited Eger-\\nton Snell found them very ill.\\nBy the Paper had the News of\\nCetera desunt.\\nt#C.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nAiR-FuRNACE, excellent field-pieces\\nand iron cannon cast by, 31, 32.\\nAllen, Capt. Jacob, mentioned, 7, 21,\\n31 warned for guard, 60 ordered\\nto take command of a party, 62.\\nAmerican Forces, drive the British\\nfrom their strongholds in Boston,\\n8-13 ordered to bombard Boston,\\n9 hardships of that part of, sta-\\ntioned at Roxbury, 15-17 guard\\nBoston Harbor, 19 ordered to the\\nsouthward, 19 line of march of,\\n20-24 regiments sent to reinforce\\nthe army at Canada, 27, 31 fortify\\nGovernor s Island, 28 arrangement\\nof brigades of, 29, 31; part of,\\nordered on a private expedition, 45,\\n46 under General Lee defeat the\\nBritish at South Carolina, 63;\\naffected by the Camp Disorder, 64.\\nArmy, Ministerial, invested by Ameri-\\nican army, 8 closely confined in\\ntheir quarters in Boston, 8; driven\\nfrom their fortresses, 8-13 condi-\\ntion of intrenchments of, 13, 14\\nretreat to Nantasket, 14 destroy\\ntlieir ammunition, 13, 14 scarcity\\nof provisions of, 15; set the Block\\nHouse on fire, 18 demolish and\\nleave Castle William, 18; leave\\nNantasket, 19; cause of delay of the\\nfleet of, 19 method of enforcing\\nmeasures, 32 reinforced, make a\\nsully on Quebec, 35; stationed on\\nStaten Island, 57 attempt to stop\\nwater communication between Al-\\nbany and New York, 58-60 send\\nAdjutant-General to George Wasli-\\nington, 62 defeated by\\nLee at South Carolina, 63.\\nGeneral\\nBailey, Col. John, mentioned, 7\\ngranted a furlough, 63.\\nBaker, Mr., visits Lieutenant Bangs,\\n61 letter sent by, 64 vessel of,\\ntaken for a fire-vessel, 66.\\nBangs, Lieut. Isaac, pedigree of, 3\\nat Harvard, 4 studies and prac-\\ntises medicine, 5 mentioned in\\nRevolutionary Rolls, 5; last record\\nof, 5 record of death of, 6\\nthinks it advisible to keep some\\nminutes, 7; enlists among tlie mili-\\ntia, 8 narrowly escapes being shot,\\n11; suffers from exposure, 12, 16;\\nsurprised at construction of British\\nworks, 14 goes to Concord, 16\\nmounts guard, 17, at Harrison s\\nBrewery, 30, at North River, 43, at\\nGrand Battery, 55, upper Barrack,\\n60 watches firing of the Block\\nHouse, 18 goes to see the ruins, 18\\ninvited to succeed Lieutenant vShaw,\\n20; applies to General Washington\\nfor a commission, 20 follows and\\novertakes the regiment, 21 break-\\nfasts with the Atvvoods, 21 des-\\ncribes Providence, 21 sails for New\\nYork, 23 describes New York, 2.3-\\n25 interested in the water-works of\\nBrooklyn, 25-27 attends a Dutch\\nchurch, 28. prefers it to the Congre-\\ngational, 30, 31 goes upon fatigue\\nduty, 31, 42,44, 61, 64 visits Messrs.\\nMcPherlin and Love, 31 examines\\nair-furnace, 31 is lucky at Bil-", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "68\\nINDEX.\\nliards, 32 surveys the gaol, 32\\nattends service, 82, 44 has news of\\nEngland s resolutions to enforce her\\nmeasures, 32 criticises the move-\\nment, 33 announces America s in-\\ntention to declare herself free and\\nindependent, 33 visits an agreeable\\nyoung lady, 33, 34 is not well, 34,\\n35, 36 writes letters home, 34, 36\\nafflicted with boils, 35 calls upon\\nMiss Grim, 36, 37 read s Hervey s\\nMeditations, 37 does picket dutj\\n37, 39, 44 works upon a fort, 37\\nacceptance of Lieutenant s commis-\\nsion by, criticised, 38 defends him-\\nself, 39 visits Dr. Warren, 40, 43\\nvisits a Jewish Synagogue, 41, 42\\nis visited by William Stone and\\nLieutenant Hay ward, 42 rejoices\\nthat his friends are well, 42, 61\\nmeets Dr. Curtis, 42 visited by\\nDrs. Townshend and Eustis, 43\\nhas many friends, 43 sends letter\\nby William Stone, 44 is member\\nof Court Martial, 44; visits and is\\nvisited by Captain Beard, 44, 45 is\\nordered on a private expedition, 45;\\nsent to cut cedar wood logs, meets\\nMr. Schuyler, 47 visits Mr. Schuy-\\nler s copper mines, 47 exchanges\\nvisits with Mr. Schuyler, 47, 48, 49\\nreturns to New York, 50; his im-\\npression of the Schuyler family, 50-\\n54 receives a generous offer of in-\\nnoculation, 54 attends a German\\nchurch and a Quaker meeting, 54\\ncalls upon some young ladies, 55\\ntakes the Alarm Post, 55, 63 goes\\nto the city, 55 spends some time\\nwith Captain Wiley, 56 rejoices at\\nthe news of independence, 56 is\\nordered to march, 57 is alarmed\\nat his waiter s narrow escape, 59\\naffected with the Camp Disorder,\\n60, 64, 66; receives an invitation\\nfrom Mr. Schuyler, 60; describes the\\nfire-ships, 61, those to be sunk, 61,\\n62 only officer left with the com-\\npany, 62 hears of General Lee s\\nvictory, 63 describes a Kowe gal-\\nley, 63 calls on Lieutenant Webb,\\n63 dines with Messrs. O Dougald\\nand Perry, 64 sees Lord Howe s\\nProclamation, 64 attends to two of\\nthe company who are ill, G6 ex-\\ncused from guard on account of\\nillness, 66 receives a letter, 66.\\nBattle of Bunker Hill, alluded to, 44.\\nBeard, Captain, exchanges visits with\\nBangs, 45.\\nBolster, Captain, commands the guard,\\n34.\\nBoston Massacre, alluded to, 12. 2_\\nBrooks, Hon. Nathan, mentioned, 3S),n.\\nBrookes, Major, sets off on a private\\nexpedition, 45.\\nBrooklyn, description of water-works\\nof, 25-27.\\nBryant, Ensign, accompanies Lieuten-\\nant Bangs to Jewish Synagogue,\\n40.\\nCamp Disorder, Lieutenant Bangs s\\nwaiter ill of, 56 affects nearly the\\nwhole regiment, 60 effects of, 64\\nLieutenant Bangs slightly affected\\nby, 64.\\nCarj Colonel, Lieutenant Bangs serves\\nunder, 7 mentioned, 20.\\nCounter-sign, to be given only to col-\\nonels and officers of guards, 55.\\nChubbuck, Simeon, waiter to Lieuten-\\nant Bangs, 56 is ill, 56 narrowly\\nescapes being shot, 59.\\nChurch, Dutch, service of, 28.\\nCommittee of Safety, bring the Tories\\nto terms, 36.\\nCurtis, Dr., meets Lieutenant Bangs,\\n2_\\nDeclaration of Independence read to\\nthe soldiers, 57 received with joy,\\n57.\\nDoane, Elisha, mentioned, 17. 2_\\nDowns, Capt.Shubael, mentioned,!^, n.\\nEagle the, joins the other ships, 60\\nElection, general, at Boston, 37.\\nEustis, Dr., mentioned, 28, 40; visits\\nLieutenant Bangs, 43.", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\n69\\nFire-ships, examined, 61 description\\nof, 62.\\nGalley, Rowe, description of a, 63.\\nGaol, New Yorlc, description of, 32.\\nGates, Adjutant-General, promises\\nLieutenant Bangs a commission, 20.\\nGlasgow, the, engages in battle with\\na brig commanded b} Admiral Hop-\\nkins s son, 22 has a warm engage-\\nment with the Admiral s ship Al-\\nfred, 22 makes a running fight,\\n22 much shattered, 23.\\nGodfrey, Capt. Benjamin, Lieutenant\\nBangs serves under, 7.\\nGorham, Capt. Prince, mentioned, 64,\\n66.\\nGovernor s Island, position of, 28\\nColonel Prescott s regiment stationed\\non, 39.\\nGreen, deserter, retained to give\\nevidence, 50.\\nGreen, General, brigade of, ordered to\\nNew London, 20 ordered to Long\\nIsland, 3L\\nGroton, mentioned, 2L\\nHarvard College, Lieutenant Bangs\\nat, 4 loyalists of the class of 1771, 4.\\nHay ward. Lieutenant, spoken of, 34,\\n38 visits Fort Montgomery, 40\\ncalls on Lieutenant Bangs in camp,\\n42 spends an evening on Captain\\nBeard s vessel, 45 inspects the fire-\\nships, 61.\\nHeatli, General, mentioned, 29, 40,\\n58.\\nHickey, Thomas, executed for joining\\nin a plot against General Washing-\\nton, 50. 4 2.-\\nHoar, Hon. E. R., mentioned,~98, n.\\nHoly Ground, the description of, 29, 30\\nmentioned, 60.\\nHopkins, Admiral, in command of part\\nof the American fleet, 22 took pos-\\nsession of King s forts, 22 captured\\nseveral vessels in the West Indies,\\n22; comes to the assistance of his\\nson and engages with the Glas-\\ngow, 22.\\nHowe, Lord, Admiral, intends to attack\\nNew York, 44 joins his ships, 60\\nsends letter to General Washington,\\n60 regrets his late arrival, 62\\nsends Adjutant-General to see Gen-\\neral Washington, 62 Proclamation\\nof, 64.\\nHutchinson House, Lieutenant Bangs s\\ncompany barracked in outhouse of,\\n10.\\nInsurrection, among the prisoners,\\n56.\\nJacobs, Lieutenant-Colonel, accom-\\npanies Lieutenant Bangs to Cam-\\nbridge, 20.\\nKing George Third, Statue of,\\ndescribed, 25 destro3 ed by the\\npopulace, 57 lead of, to be made\\ninto musket-balls, 57.\\nLearned, Colonel, regiment of, ordered\\nupon the hills, 17.\\nLee, General, defeats the British at\\nSouth Carolina, 63, length of en-\\ngagement at sea, 63 damages done\\nby the fort, 63.\\nLoring, Benjamin, information con-\\ncerning, 43.\\nLovell, James, taken prisoner by the\\nBritish, 14.\\nMakepeace, Lieutenant, mentioned,\\n46, 48, 49.\\nMayo, Lieutenant, wounded, 11.\\nMerry, Captain, captured a British\\nvessel, 19.\\nMilitia, Lieutenant Bangs enlists\\namong, 8 General Washington\\ncalls for, 8 coming to New York,\\n55.\\nMugford, Captain, loses his life, 36.\\nNantasket, British retreat to, 14.\\nNew London, described, 21.\\nNew York, description of, 23-25 gaol\\nof, 32; intended attack of Lord\\nHowe upon, 44 State of, adopt the", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "70\\nINDEX.\\nResolves of Congress respecting inde-\\npendence, 61.\\nNook Point, advantageously situated,\\n12, 13, 14.\\nParker, Lieutenant, mentioned, 28.\\nPhilips, Joseph, mentioned, 17.\\nProvidence, Town of, described, 21.\\nRevolutionary Rolls, extracts from,\\n5.\\nRoebuck, British man-of-war, attacked\\nby our galleys, 35.\\nSchuyler, Mr., visited by Lieutenant\\nBangs, 47 copper mines of, des-\\ncribed, 47 exchanges visits with\\nLieutenant Bangs, 48, 49 lends\\nLieutenant Bangs a horse, 50 Lieu-\\ntenant Bangs s opinion of the family\\nof, 50-52 house of, described, 62,\\n53 ancestry of, 53 friendship of,\\nfor Lieutenant Bangs, 54 sends\\ninvitation to Lieutenant Bangs, 60.\\nSears, Lieutenant, captures four men\\nfrom a man-of-war, 66.\\nShaw, Lieutenant, comes from New\\nEngland to visit friends, 39 brings\\nletters to the soldiers, 39.\\nShips, Fire. See Fire-ships.\\nShips, to be sunk, 61 description of,\\n62.\\nStone, William, visits Lieutenant Bangs\\nin camp and brings a letter from\\nLieutenant Bangs s mother, 42 car-\\nries reply to her, 44.\\nSynagogue, Jewish, description of, 41\\nPriest of, 41 description of service\\nin, 41, 42.\\nThames River, an excellent harbor,\\n21.\\nTories, brought to terms, 36 plot of,\\n65; punishments of, 65.\\nTownshend, Dr., spoken of, 43.\\nTudor, Judge-Advocate, mentioned, 40.\\nTurtle Bay, described, 23 troops march\\nto, 58.\\nUnited Colonies, declared free and\\nindependent, 56.\\nWarren, Dr., Lieutenant Bangs dines\\nwith, 40.\\nWashington, Gen. George, calls for\\nmilitia, 8; orders a bombardment of\\nBoston, 9 orders the forces back to\\nthe lines, 10 orders six regiments to\\nAlbany, 31 goes to Philadelphia,\\n40 thanks Lieutenant Bangs s regi-\\nment, 40 a plot against, 48 rejects\\na letter from Lord Howe, 60, 62\\nreceives the British Adjutant-Gen-\\neral, 62 is spoken liighly of by the\\nAdjutant-General, 62.\\nWebb, Lieutenant, letter written for,\\n37 visits Lieutenant Bangs, 61\\nreceives a call from Lieutenant\\nBangs, 63 tells of letter to Lieuten-\\nant Bangs on board a Nantucket\\nsteamer, 64.\\nWheeler, Lieutenant, mentioned, 45,\\n49 goes to New York, 48.\\nWhipple, Captain, in command of the\\nColumbus, 22; his failure to come\\nto the assistance of the Alfred\\nand the brig, criticised, 22.\\nWiley, Captain, spoken of, 55, 56.\\nH 33 89 1", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "NOV 9 1900", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "^WW^Wil.", "height": "3675", "width": "2134", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3699", "width": "2123", "jp2-path": "journaloflieuten00bang_0084.jp2"}}