History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
than the bad judgment of those, in England, who controlled the movements of the troops, that he was not thus sent -- the Campaign could have been opened several weeks earlier, when General Washington was much less prepared to receive an enemy, and, therefore, when a complete success in the suppression of the Rebellion was very much more promising; but that Almighty power which controlled all things, had other purposes ; and the cause of America was promoted by that remarkable blunder among those who opposed it.
On the morning of Thursday, the twenty-second of August, as we have said, the active operations of the
> Journal of the Convention, "Monday morning, Augt. 26, 1776."
''Journal of the Convention, "Monday morning, .\ugt. 26, 1776."
It may be proper for us to say that the Chairman's letter was referred to the Deputation from Ulster county ; and that, a few weeks subsequently, tired of waiting for the Tea, " mobs, from different parts "of the country," went to Kingston; broke open the buililings which contained it ; and, undoubtedly, helped themselves and their mothers and sisters and wives and daughters to what was then officially called " that detestable article called Tea."
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774-1783.
Royal Army were commenced by the movement of the Britislx Grenadiers and Light Infantry and tiie Hessians, or ratlier the German, Grenadiers, Liglit Infantry, and Chasseurs -- tiie last-named commanded by the Count Donop -- the whole numbering " not less "than four thousand men," ' of the I'lite of the Army, the whole commanded by General Sir Henry Clinton, to Graveseud Bay, near Coney-island, where, under the fire of three frigates and two bombketches,' the naval portion of the movement liaving been commanded by Commodore Hotham, the entire detachment, with forty pieces of artillery, were landed, in two hours and a half, without meeting the slightest opposition from the Americans.