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Description:Excerpt from Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, Vol. 7: 1777-1795, 1801-1804 In spite of the devastating fire which swept the city upon the retirement of our army, New York must have struck the British and the Hessians with its picturesque ness and beauty. An officer who arrived with the German reinforcements in the summer of 1777 has this to say of it: I cannot help saying that it is a beautiful. Pleasant and level country, and New York, although the part nearest the sea is burned down, one of the finest and most pleasing seaports that I have yet seen. For the houses are not only all.built in English fashion, regular and handsome, and most of them like palaces, but are also papered and very expensively furnished. It is, therefore, a pity that this country, which is also very fruitful, is inhabited by such wretches, who, in their luxury and wantonness, have not known what to do with themselves and who have only their pride to thank for their fall. Every one at home who takes their side and thinks they had a reasonable ground for rebellion. Should, for a punishment, live awhile among them, and so understand the con dition of things here (for the worst man here, if he will only do something can live like the richest at home). Whoever would do this would soon change his tone. And understand that not poverty, but crime and luxury, are the cause of the whole rebellion. For although most of them are descended from runaway vagabonds who were driven out from their places, yet they are so arrogant, and live in such state in all parts of the country, and especially in New York. As I hardly believe to be practiced anywhere else in the world. For instance, the women who are almost all handsome, be they the wives of shoemakers, tailors, or day-laborers (which last. However, are but few, for every soul here has a few black slaves to wait on it was the Dutch it must be remembered who first brought the African slave to our shores go daily in mantles of silk or muslin. This luxury increases daily, for they receive much money from the troops and do not have to give as much as a grain of salt for nothing. Nothing is indeed, more annoying than that people who after all are no more than rebels must, by express order of the King. He treated by the soldiers with the greatest politeness; and as I said above, not a grain of salt can he demanded of them gratis. So the poor soldiers would have to die of hunger, if they (lid not receive three pence worth of ship's provisions every day. Consisting of a pound of biscuit, salt pork hardly tit to eat. A few mouldy beans. A little oatmeal, and a little rum: on which they must live. Though many of them lose their health. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Public papers of George Clinton, first governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801-1804 . . Vol: 7 1899 [Hardcover]. To get started finding Public papers of George Clinton, first governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801-1804 . . Vol: 7 1899 [Hardcover], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, Vol. 7: 1777-1795, 1801-1804 In spite of the devastating fire which swept the city upon the retirement of our army, New York must have struck the British and the Hessians with its picturesque ness and beauty. An officer who arrived with the German reinforcements in the summer of 1777 has this to say of it: I cannot help saying that it is a beautiful. Pleasant and level country, and New York, although the part nearest the sea is burned down, one of the finest and most pleasing seaports that I have yet seen. For the houses are not only all.built in English fashion, regular and handsome, and most of them like palaces, but are also papered and very expensively furnished. It is, therefore, a pity that this country, which is also very fruitful, is inhabited by such wretches, who, in their luxury and wantonness, have not known what to do with themselves and who have only their pride to thank for their fall. Every one at home who takes their side and thinks they had a reasonable ground for rebellion. Should, for a punishment, live awhile among them, and so understand the con dition of things here (for the worst man here, if he will only do something can live like the richest at home). Whoever would do this would soon change his tone. And understand that not poverty, but crime and luxury, are the cause of the whole rebellion. For although most of them are descended from runaway vagabonds who were driven out from their places, yet they are so arrogant, and live in such state in all parts of the country, and especially in New York. As I hardly believe to be practiced anywhere else in the world. For instance, the women who are almost all handsome, be they the wives of shoemakers, tailors, or day-laborers (which last. However, are but few, for every soul here has a few black slaves to wait on it was the Dutch it must be remembered who first brought the African slave to our shores go daily in mantles of silk or muslin. This luxury increases daily, for they receive much money from the troops and do not have to give as much as a grain of salt for nothing. Nothing is indeed, more annoying than that people who after all are no more than rebels must, by express order of the King. He treated by the soldiers with the greatest politeness; and as I said above, not a grain of salt can he demanded of them gratis. So the poor soldiers would have to die of hunger, if they (lid not receive three pence worth of ship's provisions every day. Consisting of a pound of biscuit, salt pork hardly tit to eat. A few mouldy beans. A little oatmeal, and a little rum: on which they must live. Though many of them lose their health. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Public papers of George Clinton, first governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801-1804 . . Vol: 7 1899 [Hardcover]. To get started finding Public papers of George Clinton, first governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801-1804 . . Vol: 7 1899 [Hardcover], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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