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 LIE IT. JAMES MOODY, 
 
 'flK CAU^^E OF GOVKllXAIKXT SlXci.; lUE VK.vil 1770. 
 
 llhittcii bj) liinu-idf, 
 
 ^Viril Till.; AITIInil's LAST ((mKKcTIONS. 
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 Kntori'il. iU'conliii^Mo Ac-I oC Cuugrot-s, in tlie V(';ir ISlio. li,v 
 CIIAUMO- I. liL'SllXKI,!., 
 In tlio ("liTk's Otlii'o of ibc District Court of tlie Unitcl Stale; I'm- llic 
 SoutliLTii Iii<tiii-t (if New York. 
 
 
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IXTKODnri^lOX. 
 
 IKCT. .lAMKS MOODV, the nntlini- uf 
 tlif twilowiiiu' iianMti\ r, \\a> uiic of the 
 ni(i.-t ci'lfhratcd pai'fisaii k-aiU'r.- nf the 
 lu'Nohitiiiii. lie scciiis. Ill tact, to hasc 
 l>"rii ])rciin:irlv titlcil t'lH' thi> >[)fcic,> of warlarr. 
 \\ ith a ruhii>t (•(iii>titiitiuii and iiiiciuiiiiKiii |>hv 
 sical sti'ciio'tli. Ill' was jmin-tc-xmI nf iiPcat activitv 
 aiul |)u\\cr (,t' ciKliiraiicc. His niiiul was clear 
 anil encriictic. liis -jiirit linn and dclcrniiiicd. 
 11(; Mas tViiitriil in cxprdicnt^, liraxc and seh-]..)s- 
 .scssocl, (|iialilies which ciiahlcd him ti. extricate 
 
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 IN ri;ti|)L( Itn.V. 
 
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 liiin.-ulr tVoiii iiiiiiiv jiri'ili»ii8 riiuTiti'iicio ill' tin.- 
 ci'iirsf (if liis I'lU'ccr. 
 
 lie was urii-'iiiiillv a fjirmcr in New Jcrscv. At 
 the (•(.iimiciicciiifiif ..ftlic Ki'Voliitioii. In- rciiiaiiuMl 
 l"v;ilt<i the kiiiM-. .,11(1 \,\ liis zeal in tlit- <-ausi'. \,v- 
 ciiiiic >.. oI)ii(,xi(,iis t(. tlu- Wliii;-.-, that lii' wa.- at 
 Icii.i-tli (•..ni|H'llc(| t.. >.vl< >atV-tv ill tlic I'.ririsli linrs. 
 iH'in-- iiaturallv Iniid ,<\' aih (.iitinv. and pn.iii|.t(Ml 
 iilM. I.v a conviction of ri-lit. and also. iKTliaps. |,_v 
 a spirit of n.\(.noc, he soon took up ai-nis in tlic ser- 
 vice, and hecaine eelel. rated as a partisan and a 
 
 l>\. 
 
 '" ' iniand of an indepeiideiit coinpanv. lie was 
 
 tlieeaii>e of i-'reat suti'erino' to tlie Ainerieaiis. i.v 
 liis predatorv iiieiiisions. Sometimes lie would 
 prowl aiioiit the camp, wafchin- the nioveineiits 
 and iiotin- the plans of the army, and at other times 
 lie would lurk alHMit the roidenees of civilians of 
 '•liiiracter seekin-' for an opp,,rtiinitv to earrv tliem 
 
 OJi. 
 
 lie was a source (.f nreat annoyance to W'ash- 
 ini-'ton aiKl other commanders hy interoeptiiij. and 
 seizino- theii' dopatchcs. ( )n ,,ne occasion tlds pro- 
 
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l.\|i;nlM( IIOV. 
 
 j)i'ii>irv \v;i> tiii'iicd In soiiic l.ciiciit tM t!u' Aiiicric m 
 
 <'!i||sr. WiV \\r rdl ill with .nine (IdCillllcllts \»liicli 
 
 liiid lifi'ii j.iii|.(.>i.|y -lilt In diiTct Sir I|ciir\ Clin- 
 ton In XfU V..|'k ;i,- Ihc pnlllt nl' ;|ft;li'l< ill>lc;i<l nf 
 "1 nl'JsInWIl, the Vr;[\ |i|j|('(' nj' rclH lc/\ ( HIS. 
 
 <>ii iiiinilici- nci-asmii hcciiiiic xfi'v iii'iii' caiitiiriiin' 
 <iovcriinr Liviii-stnii, i,\^ Si'W .Icrst'v. and on 
 aimllicr wmild have siicccvdcd in carrviiii;- nfi" llic 
 liodjxs and dnciiiiuMil> <<\' ( 'unnT,.>,: Imt i\,y tlic 
 trcacliri-y nf mir (,t' Ids |.ai't_v. In I his aihciitiirc. 
 Ids hi'nljici- was lai<t.Mi and Mili>c(|iu'iitly cxfciiti'd. 
 and "Moody hiniscll' iiai i'n\\ ly escaped cajituri'. 
 
 licinn' cxciH'diinily iictivc. |>i'niii|it and ciinniii;.:' in 
 llic (•xcciitinii nt' his ])lans. he sjircail ii'rcat Icrrnr 
 anmnu' t\\r inhahiraiirs. Rewards were nffci-cd for 
 liis apiiri'lniisioii, and alti'iiii.t> niadr to fake him, 
 l»ut I'or a tinn williouf .-ucccss. 
 
 At Icnii'tli, liowcNci-, hr fell into thi' hand- of 
 'M'li. Wayne, who .-.riit him. a [irisoiici-. to Wor 
 J'oint. \vlii':-c hu rndiiivd I'or a while a ri^'omus 
 ''onliiiemeiit, l.iir he c'vontually l.mke hi> iiiiard. 
 ctl'ecled his ('sea|)e. and was ai:ain in sii'xice a.s 
 
 lu'lol't'. 
 
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 IN I I.'niil I Kd.V. 
 
 Til,; f'oiistiriifidii. tliMiiol, ii:itiir;,Ilv sfroiiii'. fiimllv 
 '•(■(•iiiiif iiiipiiii'cd l)v liai«l-lii|. iiinl <'\p(i-iiiv. mimI 
 li" Wiis (•(.iiipcllrd ti> M'cli i'f|H)>('. lie went to 
 Kii^liilid ill flic iiHiiitli of NnvciiiluT. 17<!|. jiikI 
 '•'"niniiird til,. IV f\v,, ,,r tl.u;> vimis. Ilctlicii tu<.k 
 ii|i Ills iv>i(|(.|icc ill \\'<.yiii(iiitli. .\u\;i Scdtiji. wIicit 
 lie Iifcanic !i (•(ili.iicj of ii rci-iiiiciit d' inilitia. He 
 lived (.11 li;ilt-i»:iy until the vciir isiii*. wlu.n I,,. l,i,| 
 adieu to life nf the aiic of sixty tiv,' years. 
 
 •»'l'- ^' ly i'eei'i\e(] hut |ioor coiinielisatioli tor 
 
 llie hose,- he Mistaiiied. the liardslii|.> he endured. 
 
 aiKi the perils he ein iilere<|. 'I'h,. one hiiiidied 
 
 ii'uiiieas heohtaiiied for the capture of the 1irst mail, 
 and the two hiindi'ed tor the >eeond. toiicther witli 
 thirly iiiorf which weie paid him Ity (ieueral 
 I{ol.ertsoii as an oiittit for the expeijitioii lie under- 
 took for the x'iziire of (ioveriior l,i\ini:'>toii. mak,. 
 the r-iim total of his emoliiiiieiits hiyoiKl otlier> ot' 
 his ran1<. 
 
 lie had i>xpo>e(l hi- |ifr for a year, without even 
 the pay of a coiunioii >oIdier. and when he left the 
 army, althouuh deeply in dehr liy rea>on ol' 
 cni;a<;'ements incnrred for the eau>e ol' the Cronii. 
 
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 sfrviiiii' t'nr.)\(.r I'mir \c;iis with r\ci'\ -MtMjiction 
 '"'"'- >ii|i<'i'iMr-. with hi, health iiiipaiivd. and hi- 
 v-t-Mv i'ni'iritrd. vrt he \va>. t^ tliu >hainr ..f thf 
 Mritish .liuvrriiincnt, hut a iiniv lii'iitniaiif in a 
 <'i>i'|i> (if \ olmitccis. 
 
 '\' f 'li'' tiiiii' when he w a- >olicitiiin' tVoiii fhi' 
 
 <i'>vcniiiicnt (M.iiip,.n>atinii |'..r the h)-.sc> lie had 
 Mistaiiicd ill thf war. he wmtc and |iiililishc<l a nar- 
 I'.'ltivc of hiN advcntiii'cs. 
 
 Ill ••iin>c.jm.|icc (,r tlif inciviliility with which 
 ir wa> received, he i.-siied in 1 7s;j a x'coiid edition, 
 '""<''i <'iih''rovd. tn which he added s..iiie em- 
 '■••'"'rative te>tini(.iiy. The iiai'rative is ch-ar and 
 well expressed. It is written with much ni.Mle>ty, 
 and heais the ini|,ii'>s uf' can<|(.r. impartiality and 
 truth. 
 
 'I'he pre-eiit issue i^ printed from the aiilhorV 
 piavate copy ,,|' the second e<litioii. coiitaininii' his 
 'ii;iniiM-rii)t notes and correction,., and i> an exact 
 reprint of the 'u'inal. 
 
 ill coiic'ii>ion. we woiihl state that. i\>y the 
 coiiveni' nee of the piiMic. the oni..i„;il |oot-n.,te. 
 "'■'■ •"- '■^•'■'•'■'l "> I'V marls., an.l the iiianii>cript 
 
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 ;iim1 roiiiinciici' n suli/ier. Nor wii^ it less iiiipnilialilc, tlial 
 lie >liuiil(l ever liocoiiic ii icrilcr, mikI Ih' called ii|i(iii to jirint 
 !i iiiin-dlliT (i| liis nwii liilvciitiircs. W'l necessity {inil a 
 sci-c (if (liiiy, ('(iiilnirv to liis natural iiicliiintioii, -ooii 
 I'orceu liini to appear in the loriner of ijie-e eliai'aeters ; 
 and the inipnrtnnity of friends lla^ now picviiiled with liiui 
 to assume tlic lallcr. 
 
 WlicM the present ill-fated Reliellion lir-l hmke (ail, iu' 
 was, as lias alreinly l)een hinted, a happy fanner, witlHiut a 
 wish or an idea \A' any othei' eiijoynient, tiian ihat of niakinu 
 liajipy and Ijeintf happv witii, a lieloved uife, and three pro- 
 .iiisinj^- ehildren. lieloved his neiuhlionrs, and hopi ■ thev 
 were not wholly without reji'ard for liiin. Clear of deht, 
 and at ease in his po><es,-ions, he lia(' seldom tiiou,L;ht much 
 ol jjolitieal or state (pu'stions ; hut he lelt and knew he had 
 every possil)le reason to l)e i:'rate!ul for, and attaehed to, 
 that ii'loi'ions (Vuistitution to wliieh ne owed his seeurit\-. 
 The lii'si ui'eaf uneasiness la: ever felt, on account of the 
 Public, was uheu, after the proeeedin,i:> <d' the lii'st ("un- 
 dress were known, he foresaw the imminent danii'er to wliich 
 this Constiruliou was e.\po>ed ; but he was completi Iv 
 miserable when, not lon.u' id'ter, he saw it totally over- 
 turned. 
 
 'I'lu' situation of a man who, in siM'h a dilemma, wishes 
 to do right, is trying' and dillicult. In following the nm^ 
 titude, he was sure of i»opular applause ; this is alwa\.-, 
 pleasing : and it is too dearly bought (uily when a man 
 g'ives up for it the approbation of his own c(aiscience. lie 
 lore>aw, in its fullest force, thai toia'ent of reproach, in>nli, 
 

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 mimI iiijiiry wliirli lir 'vas sure to draw dnwii on Inmscll', and 
 lii^ laiiiily, \,y u ('(Kiirary (•(aidiict ; nor docs hv \vi>li to 
 (iiaiy, that, for muhi' linic, those ovcfawcd and slaii'n'cri'o 
 Jiiiii. For liiiMS(.|r lie fell l,ul litll,. ; l,iit lie liad citia'r loo 
 imicli or too little of ihe man ahoiit liim, to l)eai' the seeiiii;' 
 •iC Ills neare.-t and deaivst relatives disgraced and ruined. 
 or Ihi' jioinis in dehale lietueen the parent-sliite and his 
 
 "•'•'^i' !■ iii'y. he pivte. (led not to lie a eonijietiiil Jiidu'i' . 
 
 'hey wcrr .-tiuiionsly so pn/zled and perplcvrd. that he 
 eonid I'l'n.e to no oiher eonehislon, than t lai, however real 
 or.uTeiit the urievanees ot the Anierieans nua/it he, rehellion 
 was not the -.vay to redress them. Jt !C(|nired m nvover 
 lait little skill to i;no\v, that rebellion is the (oidi'st of all 
 oi'iiiM's ; iind that what was l)(>c>-un in "■'■•!•■('(' ness must end 
 in ruin. Willi this coiivietioii strong;' upon his mind, he re- 
 solved, that there was no diUiciilly, ilan,u-er, or distress, 
 wliieh, a'- an honest man, he (miu'Iii not to tinderno. rather 
 than see his eoimtry thus diso-raeed and imdom'. In spiio 
 therefoi'e of iiieiipaeity, in s])ite of disinelinafion — nay. in 
 spite even of eoneern for his ramily--\viih the most ardent 
 love for his eonniry, and the warmest aliaehimni to his 
 coiintrymeii, he resolved lo do anytiiin.i;', and to he any- 
 tliini;', not ineonsistmi with inteuriiy — to lij^ht. to hlec d. 
 to die,— rather than live to sro the venerai.le ('onstitniioii 
 of his eonntry toiady lost, and hi- eonntrymen endaved. 
 AVhat the eonse(|iienees of this resohiiion have been, if is 
 llie intention nf the followiiii;' pa^es to de.serihe. 
 
 'I'he faeis now to he related have many of thein heen 
 oeeasiomiHy piilili>lied in l;;e .Xm Vurk papers, Imt in a 
 
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 Mill.' SO nil, lil;, ted ;ui,| iiiiiMTlrcl, as imUkt Id cxcitf ll.ii:> 
 uTiitily ciiriosiiv. Thcv mv Unv liroiiglit top. t her immIci- 
 out' view, ill a coiiiicftcd nari'iitivi; ; iniil set down Just us 
 tlicy liapiH'iicd. It is no; |Hvt,.ndcd that all his auvciitnir.s 
 '"■'■ '"■'■'■ '•t'l'H<''l, or tliai all ihc (.•iiriinistaiUTs of those rc- 
 l'i'i'<l iiiv fullv ,.|,iiiii,.rali'd. It would Ir iiniiolilir and daii- 
 jiVHMs for hiiii to. ivconnt, at lar-c, all his vari(ais slrala- 
 .U'cins ; it wonid \w liarhar .iis and ba-c. to di\ nl-'o all tiai 
 iiK'inisliy which he has soincliincs ctri'dcd his almost ini- 
 liu-iiloii^ L'sfa)H's. IJni wciv il ulhcnvisc, notliin-' can l.r 
 l':ii-lhi'i' fi'diii his aim, ihan to maki' a iiompoiis disiilay of 
 any siii)jioscd ninit of his own. As to thi' truth of his 
 I'l'iiK'ipal facl>, he ajipcals to vimdry (TrtiUcatcs and allida- 
 vits 11, iw in his iiosscs>ioii : nay, he fart her appeals to every 
 • ■llieer of every rank who has either lately served, or is 
 still servinn-, in Aiiieriea. Vei, after all. from llie iiatnreof 
 theca<e. the ,.|-edit oi some parls of ihis Narrative iniisl; 
 rest updii his own anthoriiy. whifli, lie believes, will not l,(. 
 
 M"''-^'i' 'I I'.v Ihose who are ae«|iiainted with his eharaeler. 
 
 Of ihe Irne eaiises that .u'ave l.irlh U> tiii. unhappy (|nar- 
 rel, Mr. Moody is iinwiliinu' to u'ive any opinion. He i> m, 
 politician ; and, therefore, l)y no means (iiialilied to iTcon- 
 nle ihe eontradiet.a'v asserliims and arn'miieiits of the ('(mi- 
 icndiii- parties. This .aily. as an indiviiliial of tiiat il- 
 .scription of people of whom the Liivatesi pari (d' every eom- 
 miinity must consist, he thinks ii incnmlieiil on him to de- 
 cliife, ihutil did iK.t oriuinale with the jirop/ad- America, 
 pntperly s.> called. They fell no ival grievances, and there- 
 fore c.mld have no ihiliieenieiit to risk siilj-iantial advan- 
 
 ■I 
 
n.m;i!.\iivk, 
 
 'thcr iiimIci; 
 wii jiisl iis 
 auvciiliii't s 
 
 if lllUSC I'L'- 
 
 if anil ilaii- 
 lais >lrala- 
 lilMj all tiK' 
 
 almost iiii- 
 iig' can lir 
 
 (li>{ilay ul' 
 
 Mill (if ili^ 
 
 uiil alllila- 
 Is to I'Vcrv 
 rvcd, Of is 
 (■ iialm'c of 
 ativc iiiiist 
 
 kVill Mill jjc 
 
 cliaracli'i-. 
 
 ipliy qiiar- 
 
 Hc i> no 
 
 to I'croii- 
 
 'f lliL' ('(in- 
 llial il- 
 
 ■ViTV foMI- 
 
 ini III ilc- 
 
 Anici'ica, 
 
 unci tliL'i'f- 
 
 al iidvau- 
 
 'au-i'> ill tlic jiiuMiii of siK-li as were onlv iniiiLiinarv. In 
 niakiin:- this tlrclaration. Iir is fonliilcnt lie s)ii'ak> ilic sciiti- 
 iiii'iils of a i'.i'ral majuriiv of thr )ira>aiitrv of America. 
 l>iit, in every eoimiry llieir are nmliiimlo uho. ujiji liiili 
 |>ro|'eriy, ami |ierlia|is >tili los prineiiile, arc aUvavs ilis- 
 Jio-eil, iiml always eaacr fur a cliaimv. Siicli |.ci-M.ns uiv 
 easily uroiiiiht ii|ioii, ;inil easily iierMiaileil to enlist under 
 tlie lianiiersor |iivienilcil )iairiois and roi'uanl ileia;i-oo-iie,- ,• 
 of whom also evri-y coimlry is sutUcieiilly iiroljlic. 
 
 Ill America, llirsc |,o|iiilar leader- had a set of men to 
 a-.si>T them, wiio iiiherilcd, IVom iheir aiice-tors. the most 
 i'|"|led di-like ;ii:d aiiii|iailiy lo t iic con>i ill)! ion of the pa rent- 
 slate : and, hy mean> of //nir rriendiy co-i.iiei-a:ioii, tlicy 
 
 were alilo to throw tlie whole I tiiicni into n fi'mhiii in the 
 
 year 1774, and maddened alniovi evciw part of tlie coimtrv 
 with .{.■<:iiiruiiM,i,s, ('(,i}ii)ii.//fi's, and /uLfr/ii-i;„/ps., and all t he 
 I'l'ciiininary appar.iiiis iiecessar\ Ion h'rm/t. Tiic ovncnd 
 cry was. Jooi <>/■ ilic ! Mr, .Moony relished nciihcr of the.M- 
 altcrnaiivcs, and liierefore n inaincd mi his l-irm a silent, 
 'Mil iiMi tmcoucerneii, ,<pecialor of the hhick cloud that had 
 Jiccn e'athcriim', and v,a- now ready |<, Imrsi on his devoted 
 '"-'•'"'• '' ^^■'■■^ ill *;dii thai he took every po>sili|e piveaii- 
 fioll, C^lnsi^tenl with a nood con>cienre, mil to u-ive oirmre. 
 Some iiifatiiafcd a<Miciation- were wvy mar cond.unimi' him 
 '•" ''i'' killer o( these altcrnaiivcs, only h eaii>r nciihcr his 
 jnd-nient. n^r liis coiiH'ience. wonid ^iill'er him 'o .adopt ih,. 
 lormcr. lie wa- iirrpeinally iiara.wed liy I iioe Cnnimiilces; 
 and a party emplow'd l,y ijirni once acliiail\ a>siiillid his 
 pei>on, havino- fiisi lionri.-hcd tlioir tonuiJtaiilis over his iiead 
 
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 NAItKATIVK. 
 
 ill 'I ii'".-l iiisiiliiiiu' iiiaiincr. Findiin.' il iinpnsMliI,. ..iil,,.,- M 
 (■Olivine,, ilii's,. iis.-(.ci;itnrs, or t(. he <',.iiviii,T(l l.y tliriii, niiy 
 
 loii-tT stiiy till n- thcin \VMsiiscics> ; Mini mii Mltciiijit niiidc 
 
 ii|)uii liini su,Mi iilicr, iviidci-cd it iiiipixsihl,. On Siiii.l.-iy 
 2Stli .Nfiuch 1777, uliilclic wns walkino' in his gnuuKls wiih 
 
 '''" "•''-' "■ -^I' Iliitrhi'son, lie saw u niinilKT of iirniiMl 
 
 ""'" 'iii'i'i'liiiiu- Inuanls lii. j sc. If,. p,Mii,i jiavc no doiilil 
 
 "i' ''it'ii' iiili'iilion ; iind (.lulcavoiiivd tn avoid tlicin. Thf\ 
 liivd I lure diircrent shots at, him, l)iit happily missed him, 
 inid lie esenped. From tliis time, liiereloiv, lie son-lit the 
 Oiiflk'.st opportniiity to take slicller heliiiid the British linos; 
 and set onl lor tliis pnrpuse in April 1777. Soveiity-three 
 "fliis neijihl.onrs, ail honest men, ofthe fairest, and n'lost re- 
 spectable eliaracters, iuvompanied him in this retreat. The 
 iiKiivh was Ion- and dan-erons. They weiv rcpeatedlv 
 iinnuyed and assaulted ; and once il,ey were under ilie ne- 
 cessity ofeomiiiu' to an en-au'emeni with a rebel parly con- 
 siderably superior in number. .Men, ciivnmstaiicea as ho 
 and his IViiiids weiv, could want no ar-iimeiils to animate 
 llii'ii'cxi'rtioiis. The allack was sharp, but the I.oyalists 
 were successful ; ti,e enemy o'ave uay, leaving tlieiii at 
 liliorty to jmrsue thi'lr route miniolested. The whole eoni- 
 jiaiiy, l(Hir only e.\cepted, arrived sale at IJeroen, where 
 tiicy joined I.ieiilenaiit-eohHiel 15;irlon's (,) liattalioii, in 
 (uMieral Skinner's l)rio-,.,de.* a low, wli,,se proies>ioiis were, 
 '•aicnhitod toreiidcniinn useful in that department, Joined 
 liie engineers. 
 
 *\'iil'' lii'Ml'lill >;|vi||Mcl-'s Crrlilicill,'. 
 
VAiil!Ari\ K. 
 
 1.") 
 
 lie cillit'l' Id 
 y tliriii, iiiiy 
 trinpt iiiiidc 
 
 On Sunday 
 I'oiinils with 
 r of arniiMl 
 .'(' no (liMilii 
 icni. Tlii'\ 
 niissod liiiii, 
 
 sollullt the 
 ritisli lint's; 
 vcnty-tln'cc 
 nd most rc- 
 rcat. 'Plu- 
 
 !■( jicaU'dly 
 idcr the nc- 
 
 liiU'ly coii- 
 icvd as he 
 to auinnite 
 ' Loyalists 
 ;■ llicin al 
 ivJKilc ctun- 
 .u'cn, wlicro 
 dtaiioii, ill 
 s>ions wei'c. 
 lent, iniiicd 
 
 In .liihc foljowiiio-, Mr. M \y .,,,,\ y[^. //,,/,/,,,,,,„ , ,,) 
 
 Weill |iriialeiy, alioiil "0 miles into the eoiinlry, to (•nli>l the 
 IVirnds or(ioveniiii,.|it. They enlisted ninvnrds of oOO men 
 
 Tnc liriiish army, thru at Mnniswiek, was oxpi^eted ini 
 
 diately to niareii tlimn-h \c\v Jersey. Mr. .M,„,(ly imd 
 iiis IVieiids had tlieir a^i-eiits jiroperly phieed, in u-ivo lliem 
 the earliest inronnaduii m|' Hie afiiiy's niovin- ; when their 
 I'lan was. to disarm the disalleet(d. and j-vnerally arm the 
 f"'X'''- '''■' >li'' Header liicn Jiidue of their iii<,rtillea1ion, 
 
 when, uhilst their a.liier.nts were l,i-li in .sjiirils, and ( Ii- 
 
 driit of tlieir aliility, at • lilow, as ii were, to liavc ernsli- 
 
 ed the {{elxllinii in Xew Jersey, tliey were iiifonned, that 
 <ifnenil II. .we (,) had evaenaled tlie pi'ovinee, and was 
 .u-one to Hie .MHilhward.* Notwitlislaniiin- (his di,<eouranv- 
 incnt, .Mr. .Mo.idy and his party ..till coMtinued in tiie conn- 
 try a u'reea I )ly lo their instructions, in the hojio tliat some 
 'ri'"i'liiiiily would still present it>elf to annoy the rel.ellioiis, 
 andtoas>ist tlie luynl, ISm n,, micIi ..ppnrtnniiy omTinu- 
 immediately, they soon received orders to jnin the army witli 
 I he men they hail enlisted, or eoidd enlist. 
 
 In con.se(|iieiice of tiie.se iiisi iiietn.ns, they .set forwards 
 
 Willi al)oi,t 1(1(1 [.oyjihsls (ii,,| re than that miml.er, fi'om 
 
 the change of la'o.siHrts. were ti,,.,, (,, i,,. prevailed upon to 
 leave their own eouiiirv ; or. if it had been otlierwi.se, the 
 lime was too .scaiily, bciiio' not more than 4S lioiir.s, lo e,.l- 
 Kct them toHcther, wliich. it miisi lie ohvious, was to lie 
 done only uilhgTeat caution and ,m crrey), ,mi a inarch <,{ ui,- 
 
 "IliN uii- , «fr. ./,,.>*,' rlirsMii^'iik f\li(Mlili(,n l<ihvtinii llu l.„:iiin^lsa,iil 
 In mm /;»r^'e;V„, , Th,. w.M.I.-. in iuilic W.Tc' ;i,l,lr,l l,_^ (iio UUllH.r.-Kl,, ) 
 
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 lit I 
 
 \v;ii'(U (if TO miles, tlirniiuli II well iiilmliitrd |),'iri nf ilic ))ri>- 
 viiicc. Tln' I'cljcis |)iii'^iic(l llicin ; mid, iiltcr scvrnil skiriii- 
 islics, Ml Icnjitli cjiiiK' upon tlicin in Midi Inrcc, iiciir IVrlli- 
 Aiiilioy, tliiit tiicv wci'c (ililiticii to iiivc u;iy mid dis])crs('. 
 More tlimi sixty oi' tlio |iiirty were tnlvcii iirisnncrs ; ciglit 
 <iiiiy, licsidcs Mr. Moody, ^-ot witliiii ll.c I>i'iti>li lines. 
 Tliese prisoners, iii'ler lieinji' (•onlined in .Moni-inwii jail, 
 were tried lor wiuit was cidied /li^/i /rcasoii ; (a) and idiovo 
 one liair of tlieni \v;'re sentenced to die. Two, whose ii.inics 
 \\ere ///'//' and MiT. were aeliially e.<rcnteil ; llie rest iiav- 
 iiiii' lieeii reprieved on eoiiditioii <if' llieii' seiviiiLi' in tlie reliol 
 army. Tlie love of lile prevailed. They eiilisted ; Init so 
 >lroii,!i' was tlieir love of loyally at the same lime, that, three 
 or four e.xeepted. who died iiiidei' the hands of ilieir captors, 
 they all, very soon after, made their escape to the JJi'itisli 
 army. 
 
 On coinparinii' the nnmlters who had (Irst sot out with 
 iiim, with those who, after lieiiii;' taken, had returned to 
 him, Mr. ]Moody found, that, on the alarm, some had es- 
 caped ; mid some also, who had lieen taken and lelea-ed, 
 Ijciiiii' still mi>siim', he concluded that li.ey had uone iiack to 
 their resiieclive homes. This indnced hi,.i to relnrii, w iili- 
 
 .\. \Vil> hut lllc I;, kill.' ;;llll~ llLTilill^t tllr Kll.u, 11! I'list ;1< lli'ill 'I'iimm II 
 
 IIS till' li.nliiiii.LT iiuiiiii-l ilM'ir new liiiiiu'ii ^(•i^ c iculril >ni;i>> y \r\ 
 ciiir (ii'iHTMl* snffii'i'il till -(■ Kxcciitieiis ul' llir LiiyiilisU to i.-n mi : 
 willmul I'M'i- nll.'iui'lilii; i" |iiit ii .-|n|i In llicui l.y tliriMtc liili;;' lii 
 llctillilCi'. Il:l.\ lllc\ \\ iMllil iHil iiiTlllit tin: As-iM'lMt^il l.(iyali.-N In 
 '■■AM- tli'ir I'lirii !>. I'V lliriMti'iiiiii; lo Kxiciili' any nl' iIhim' |;iIii1<, 
 niiDiii tlirsi' I, lya'i-N lia I lakrii |iii--iiiiri~. ami wl.nin tliry llii'ii 
 lulil ill thiar cwii I'ii.|imI\ . 
 
 
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N.U!i!ATt\ r:. 
 
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 "lit ilrliiy. ill!,, tlic ciillilrv ; illhl lie ciilili' liMck with nin,.- 
 
 ''■'• '■'!• <'"iiviiir.'<l (liiit tlicir wiTo <till iinniy inure, nu 
 
 "'""" .-"'"' :i'l\i'-<' Mild ii u- I ('.\;iiii|il(' iMiiilii hiivc tlicir 
 
 lii-n|.(T iiifliii.iicc. ho iiji'iiiii unit ,Mil, niid hruiiuht liMck with 
 liiiii f'H'ty twii yiMiiiM' iiicii, ;is fine solduTs as mv in the 
 world ; „„ii,. ,,r whom liiid liiif Jnsi cM-i\]w\ fniin JMil>, 
 
 uhcrc they hiKJ liccn ('(Mili I lor their hiyiilty. All these 
 
 hr iviis iiii|i|iy eiiDiioh i,, cmdnct safe to tiie Kiiiu's ariny. 
 l-'ioiii ; his time, lie (•oiitiiiiieil with his lialtidioii till ITTS. 
 liiivinu' just lielore I.eeii niiide iin Kiisiu'ii. 
 
 Ill the liep^iiiniiiu' ,,r May ITTS, he was auaiii sent int<r 
 the intei'ior parts of the Itehel country, with onhTs to iv- 
 iiiiiiii there as loii.tf as he eonid, to render such service lu 
 (Joveriinieiit, and its friends, as he should liave an oppur 
 tiiiiity lor ; and more especially, to ,,l)taiii precise inirlli- 
 ,iiviic( from Colonel /J„/in; then supposed to l,c at Xia^'ara. 
 lie eiiipioycd a triiMy |,,,yali-.| to u,, ,,„t (,, (',,|,,iic| IJut- 
 Kt, (,) ui,o ,ell in with him Let ween M.-i-ara and Wvomiii-'. 
 iiiitl was with him at the reduction o| ii,is hi^t m.mtioned 
 lortre>s;and allcrwards, aluuu- wiih another ol Mr. 
 MoodyV men, (uho, liaviiio' Irvii driven IVom him, in the 
 • li>astcrjn>i ivlat.'d, had -o,,,. l,aek,ami staid witii ("olonel 
 Hiiller, all the winter, a-^ lim only place of safely he ••.mid 
 find), he retnrneil wiili tlie necessary inrorinalion.s ; with 
 >\liieli they all wei.l hack and reported them at liead-qiiar- 
 ler.v ^ In this interval, Mr. .M(„Hly took pris.,i,er a Mr. 
 Martin, chief Commissioner in that districr, for the .sellin- 
 of conlis'ated estates, a man remarkable for his .spite and 
 '•I'lielty to (he Friend,-^ of Ciuvernmcni, It was verv niorti- 
 
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 .NAItliATIVK. 
 
 I'viiiu' III .Mr, MimkIv 111 hiivo iliis man rcxMicil tVom liim hy 
 ii liiriif" lioily III' tlic Miliiiii, uf'tcr liavinu- lunl liiiii in liis 
 (•ii>t(Mly alidut t'orly-ciulit lioni'.-. I>nt he rcliitcs with |p|fii- 
 snn-, tlmt tlic incident had a iiiiud circct on tliis Iniinns op- 
 pn's>i(ii', inasnnicii as liis lichiividiir tu liis loyal ncigidioin'.s 
 was ever arici' mncli niorc mild ami Inimani". 
 
 On tlic lOlli (if ,Innc IITK, an opjiditunity of rcndcrinu' 
 sonu; sci'vici' to iiis conntry now ulVcrinj-', liavini:' iirst rc- 
 (|iU'sli'd Mr. llnlclH'>on and six moii, and some i^iiidcs, to he 
 of the jiarly, lie marclicd, willi sixteen of liis own mm, IVuni 
 Sandy Hook to .Slirewsliury. Tliey eluded the viuilanee of 
 a Hebel (liiard, and girined a place called The luilh. Hero 
 tliey surprised and took prisoners, one Colonel, one Tjieutei:- 
 ant Colonel, one Major, and two Cajit-ains, with several 
 other prisoners of inferior hole ; and without injurinji' any 
 privati' property, destroyed a considerable mauaziue of 
 jiowder and arms. \\"\\\\ these prisoners, and such puMic 
 stores as they were al)le to iirinj;' oil', Mr. lliitclieson was 
 cliari;ed, whilst Mr. Moody hronu'ht up tlie I'ear, wilii his 
 si.vtcen men, lo defend them. They were, as they had e.\- 
 poctod, soon pursued by doul)le their niuiilicr, and overtaken. 
 Mr. Moody kept up a smart lire on his assailants, checking 
 and retardinu' lli -m, till Mr. Ilnlcheson, with their booty, 
 imd yot a head to a coiisidei'alilc distance. Ife then al.so 
 advanced, nndving for the lu'xt advanta.urous station ; and 
 thus proceeded, from one j^ood spot to another, still cover- 
 ing' the prismiers, till tiiey iiart j>-aiiipd a situation on the 
 shore at Black Point, where the enemy coidd not Hank 
 them, lint, ju>t at this time, the pursuers were vcinforcid 
 
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 '^"'' ''" ""'II : ^" I'l^ii tlicy were iiuu foiiy stroiiu'. Air. 
 Hiitclirsoii, will, ,,iic niaii, crossed tlie inlet, Li'liiiMl wiiicli 
 
 Iti' Imd taken shelter, iind ci l,, Mr. .Moody's assislniiee ; 
 
 '•""i now a warm eiin>a,n(Miieiit ensued, tluit la.ste<l lor three' 
 <|i'in'teis of an h,.in-. By this time all their amnmnition, 
 "I'loi'iiliiiv: to u|.wards of eiu-Jity rounds of earfridurs, was 
 
 •••vp-'iided ; and ten men only, three of wl were w.mnd- 
 
 <■<!, were in any eapaeity to folh)W their leader to tlieeharue. 
 The Ijayonet was their only res(,nree ; l.nt tliis the enemy 
 <'oiiid m.t withstand : th,.y (le.Ueavinu' eh^ve., of their num- 
 Iht killed or w,)uiided. rnfortiiiiately, .Mr. .Moody's .small, 
 Itiit .siallant party cmld not fo||,,w up th<>ir l.low; hrii.-,' 
 
 '"""""""•'■. "I '<'''^-<'xliMiisied In ^. inirasMMl'maren' 
 
 ill "vatlier intensely hoi. They lonud the Itebel Captain 
 _'!'''"'• 'Ill'' 'li''ii' I'ii'iitenanl also e.xpirin- on the Held. 
 
 ''''"''■'■ "■"■'^■■^ "'fliiii.U- IK'eiiiiarly slex-kin,- and awful in the 
 
 "ii-ilii of the former. He was shot hy .Mr. Moody, whilst 
 with the most bitter oatlis aial tlirealsof veii-eaia'e, after 
 ha vino- missed onee, he was auain levelling' his i)ieee at him. 
 Soon after the eiiH-a-ement, oneof the p,,|.|y ,.anu' forwards, 
 with an handkd'chief llyin-- from a stiek, and d.-niaiided J 
 parley. His siunal was returned, si>nifyini.' tlie willinuness 
 oftiie Loyalists to treat with him ; ami a truee was speedi- 
 ly asiTced on ; the eonditions (d' which were, Tinit they 
 sJM.uld have leave to take eare of their dead and wounded'; 
 whilst Mr. Moody's party was permitted, unmole.-ted, hi 
 '•'■"'i-i' '•> 'li'' I'-nlish lilies. Happily mm., of the w.au'ids. 
 Which any of his men r.ceived in this e.xpeditl.ai, proved 
 mortal. Tlie publiek stores whicli they b|■ou^■ht uwav with 
 
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 v.MiiiAriv i:. 
 
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 lliciii, Ix'sidrs tlmsc wliirli ilicv liad ilcst loycil, sniil tor 
 ii|i\viiiils of live liiiiiili'cd iii'iiiide; stnliiin' ; u\\i\ cvcrv 
 .■■■liillilli;' (if lids inniicy wiis o'ivcll liy Mr. Mncdv to tlic 
 III' II, lis II siiiiill reward Inr llitdr very nicrituridiis coii- 
 di.ct.(.-,) 
 
 Abiiiit till' iiiidilli' iif tlic Oclnlicr riilliiuiiit;-, Mr. Mdodv 
 wiis iiiiiiiii sent into tlic interior parts oC tiie Rcixd 
 Coiiiitry, to (jlitaiii inleliiu'ence respeetiiij;' Waslii:i<i,'ton's 
 army, lie succeeded ; and ids intcdiiuciici; wa.s coiii- 
 nmnicated to (I'eneral rattisnn. AiiM in, aliont tlie mid 
 (ll(; of Novemlier, lie wns desired (o limi out tlio situa- 
 tion and circnm.staiices ot an army tinder tlie I'chcl 
 Cieiiefai Siiilivaii, (,-,) wliich Inul lately liecn on an e.\|ie- 
 d it ion to the Wesi wind an'ainst the Indians. Accord in,i,^- 
 ly, lie went ei;4iity miles into I'ennsylv.inia, close by 
 Snliivan's camp ; and olitainecl an e.xact account of tiie 
 nnmlierof men and horses with which Ik; went out from 
 Kaston, on this Iniliau expedition; and tiiu ntunheralso 
 that he returned witli. 
 
 From thence, he went to .Morris County, where Wash- 
 iiift-ton then l;iy with his army. And iiere he iiad tin; 
 good fortune to obtain, from their own books, an ac- 
 count of the rations which w( re drawn for them, lie 
 next went t(. I'limplon, wliere (Jeneral (inles (,) then 
 was, on his inarcli to the southward ; and lieic also ho 
 ,e:aiiic'(l the (>xactesf information, not only of the amount 
 of the foice then with him, hnt of the nuinbers that 
 \v(>r(,' expected to join him. .\nd now, havin-- prettv 
 well -dill' throuL;'li tiie, Imsiiioss enti listed to him, in; re- 
 
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4 
 
 V \iii!.Mi\ !•;. 
 
 I'l 
 
 I'd, <nl,l for 
 iind every 
 niilv to tlie 
 Idi'iiiiis ('(Ill- 
 Mr M.w.ilv 
 
 tlie lielu'l 
 asliiiij^loh's 
 • WilH eoiM- 
 iil the mill 
 It tlio siliiii- 
 
 tlie KeI.el 
 ;)ii an ('Xpe- 
 A ceo I'd ill i;-- 
 ;i, close by 
 oiint of tlie 
 III out t'roin 
 iDiiilier also 
 
 liero Wasli 
 lie iiad the 
 iks, an ac- 
 tllem. lie 
 OS {:) then 
 nv also lie 
 the anionnt 
 nibers that 
 iiii;- pretty 
 liini, ]\() re- 
 
 tnriieil I.I New York, iiinl ei.iitiniied there till \u\\ 
 yeiir. 
 
 Ill .M;iy nsn, he lo,,|v with {,i,,i |',,i,r trusty men, and 
 went iiii<. ih,. |;,.|„'i Cuiinlry, with the ihteini.iii of sin- 
 i'lisiiio' (Mivcriior Liviiio'.stoii, (,) a mmi who^i' eondiici 
 liad lii^ch, ill the most aljandoned de-ree, eiiiel and op 
 pressive litili,. |(,y;i| iiiiiiiiij fa iits i .1' N'i'w .li rsev. Wlieii, 
 
 \viili all necessary secrecy. Mr. .\| ly had --ot iii;o his 
 
 iniinediale m iulih(,ni h.ied, inlurmalioii was received, 
 liiat .Mr. Liviii-sieii uas ^om; to Trenton to meet 
 • he iissemlily ; and that, ,)n his return, he was to sw; 
 some persdns on Imsiness at an appointed place. This 
 Miade it necessary lor the Knsi;.;ii u, alter his measures, 
 as he did immetliatcdy. He |ei| jiis party into Sus.se-.v 
 CoiiMty, and there lel't them ; himseir only retirin;-' to a 
 pi"p<'r situation, till his plan should l,e ripe Cor e.vecii- 
 tioii. Mein-' under a necessity of a-aiii ret iiriiiim- iiit(» 
 Sussex, l.efore anything could lie done, hi! had the nioi- 
 tilication to Iind, thalone of hisinen had inen taken pri- 
 -oner liy u 1,'ehel .Major of the name of y/,;,/y«, who e.v 
 lorted a confession from him that .M.iudy was in the 
 <;oiiiitry, and, as he iiiia.i^'ined, in i[iiest of .sonu; person of 
 note, who lived m.'ar .Morris Town.f.) Tlii.s blasted the 
 whole project ; tlie intellio-ence was instantly sent to 
 l>iviii-ston, who, ton justly, eoiielinled himself to be the 
 person aimed at ; and, of course, took excry precaution 
 to prevent a siir|irise. 
 
 Still, however, Mr. Mo nly ll.ittered himself he .should 
 .vet he more loiuinate, and do someiiiinu', not withstand- 
 
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 in.n' ihc :il:uiii liiiit wdM iiDW s|in'ii(l tliidii^-li tin' (iiiiMtrv. 
 The first plausible tliiti;^' llnit (iffi'icd wuh, ii jilaii loliluw 
 lip tlic nia;iii/iii<' at Siickasiiiuia, alioiit sixteen miles 
 baclv (il'.MiiiTis TowM ; lull lliis also pinved abortive : fur, 
 iiotwitlislainlihu- Ills liaviii;:,' prevaileil on smne Mritisb 
 prisniiers, takoii with (Jeiieral ]Jiir^'03ne,(iii) to juin him 
 ill tli(! enterprise, tiie alarm wan now bccoiiu' so ti-eiicral, 
 aiitl tiie terror so j:ieat, thai they li;i(l increaseil tlicir 
 guard aromid liiis nnk,i;°a/,ine, to the lunnber nl' an linn- 
 di'ed and upwards ; so that lie was under the necessity 
 oi' abundoiiinji' his project. 
 
 IJeturniiii; a,i:'ain into Sussex County, he now heanl 
 that scncial prisoners were conlined, on various suspic- 
 ions and char;^i's ol' loyally, in the jail oi' that county ; 
 and that one of them was actinilly under scnh-iice of 
 death. This poor fellow was one of Mur;;'oyne's soldiers, 
 charjicil with criiin-s of a civil nature, of which, how- 
 ever, in' was ju'enerally believid to he innocent. But 
 when a clcru'vuian of the Clinrch ol Kiiu'land interposed 
 with his unrelenlin,!;' proseculor, and warmly iir}j,'(;d this 
 jilea of innocence, he was slnirply lold, that, tinni^-li he 
 niiglil not pcriiaps deserve to die lor the criin(! for whicli 
 lie hail been commilted, there coiiM lie no iloubt of his 
 dcservinn- to die, as an (iieiny to America. 'I'here was 
 soinethiii;^'' so piteous, as well as shameful, in the case 
 of this ill-filled victim 1o republican resentment, th.'it it 
 was determined if |inssible, to release both him and his 
 fello\v-pii>oii('rs, j-'or this jnnpose, Mr. Momly took 
 with him six men. and, late at ni,uht entered ih' cuiiirv 
 
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 town .-iliniit si'vnity inilrt, (roin .Vcw York. Tlir iiihalii- 
 timts of (lie Idwii wcif I. Ill Ion uciicriiHv clisfilVcctfil, 
 This sn<;';;cstc(l till- iim'SNitv <it'Hlialii.u-< III. Ciimiii;,^ ti> 
 flu'Jail, tlio kci'pcr call. 'd Out lumi flic wimluw of an 
 ii[t|ii'r lootii, and (icniamlcil wliat tlirir luisincss was? 
 The hnsi-n ininicdiiitcly rcpJifM], " ilc Innl a prisdiicr to 
 d( liver into liis custody." " What ! One of Mimdifs 
 r-llows?" said fliL- Jailor. " Yfs,'' said llic Kiisiu'i, 
 On Ills (■ii(|iiirin>;' what llic name of this snpposcd pri- 
 soner was, one of the parly, who was well known, l.y 
 
 liie ihhahilants of that place, to he with Mr. M ly, 
 
 personated tlie character of a prismier, ami spoke f.r 
 liiiiisclf. The .jailor u'ave him a little ill lan-'iia-v ; hut, 
 iiolwiilistandiiii'', sei'ined hi,uiily pleaseil willi the iiloa of 
 his havinn- so notorious ii Tory in his custody. On the 
 
 Knsio-ii's nrn'in.u' him to coiin' down, 1 lake char.ne of 
 
 the man, he peremtorily refused ; alle-'iii,-', that, in con- 
 seqiienco of Moody's Ihmii-- out, he had received strict 
 ordern to open his doors to no man after sim-set ; and 
 that therefore lie must w.ait till inornin--. Kindin,;;- that, 
 this talo would not take, the Knsio^n now chan.a'ed his 
 note : and, in a stern tone, told him, "Sirrah, the man 
 who now speaks to you is Moody ; I have a strong parly 
 witli me; ami ifyoii do not this momenl deliver np your 
 keys, I will in>tantly ptiil down your house about your 
 ears." Tlie Jailor vaiiisheil in a moment. On this, Mr. 
 Moody's men, wlio were well skilled in the Indian war- 
 whoop, made the air resound with such a variety of 
 hideous yells, as soon left ilicm nolliin.t;' to feai from tlie 
 
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 iiilial)itants ni' N'cw Tnwn, wliicli, tlicniu-'n llic ('minty 
 Iciwn, ("(insists only nl' twcnly or tliiity linuscs. "Tlu' 
 Indians, tlir iniliiiiis au; cdini' !" — said the paiiic-sti'iick 
 l)('(i[il(' ; aii<l liapiiy \V('i'( tlicy wlm could soolic^st escape 
 into t'lc wdods. Wliilc tlicNC tilings were thus s'oinjj: 
 on, llio Ensign iiad made his way thron^'ii a casement, 
 and was nu't hy ;i piisoner, wiioin he inunediately em- 
 jiioyed to |ii(icnre liiin a liii'iit. 'rin: vanished jaih)r was 
 now a,i^'ain produced ; and most ol)sei|uionsly conducted 
 Mr. Moody to the dunu<'i)H of tlie iioor wielcli under sen- 
 teneo of (h.'alh. 
 
 It nniy seem incredibh\ but it is an \indouhted fact, 
 that, notwithstanding' all the hoirurs and awl'ulness ot 
 Ids situation, this poor, hu'loin, ('(iiidtMnned British sol- 
 dier was found fast asleep ; and had slept so sound, as 
 to iiave heard nothing of tii(' uproar or alarm. There is 
 no possibility of describing the agony of this man, 
 when, on being thus suddenly ai'oused, he saw before 
 Inm a man in arms, attended by persons, whom, thongli 
 tiiey wi're fandliarly known to him, so agitated were 
 his spirits, he was utterly at a hjss then to recognize. 
 The fii'st, and the only idea that occuired to him was, 
 that, as many of the frieiids of (;o\-ermiien1 had beiMi 
 ]iri\ately executed in prison, the person 'pc saw was his 
 c.xecutionei'. On Mr. Moody's repeaiedl}' infoiining him 
 of ids mistake, and that lie was come to release him in 
 the name of hii)i>' d'car^r, the tran>itioii, from smdi an 
 aliyss of wretchedness t(_i so e.Mravagant a piteii of joy, 
 had well niiiii o\-ercome him. .N(.'\er before had the 
 
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 iiitely eiii- 
 jiiilor was 
 fi indue tod 
 iiinler sen- 
 Ill itcd ("act. 
 vl'iiliiess ot 
 iiitish sdl- 
 ) siiuiid, as 
 Tlieix' is 
 this man, 
 iaw before 
 ni, tluini;li 
 tated were 
 recognize, 
 liini was, 
 had liei'ii 
 \v was his 
 • rmiii,!:' him 
 'ase liiiii in 
 a sneii an 
 tell (if j'ny, 
 ■e iiad thi' 
 
 Writer been [»r(;sent at so al^■■etill^• a scene. Tlie ima.^v 
 of the jioor soldi(>r, alteinatcdy a.!.;-itated witli the ex- 
 tremes of despair and rii|itiire, is, at this moment, pres- 
 ent to his iniajj^iiiafinn, as strong' almost as if the object 
 were still beba'e him ; and ho has often thoiiglit, there; 
 ar(> i'vw subjects on whii;h a painter of taste and sensi- 
 bility could more happily employ his pencil. The man 
 looked wild ; and undoubtedly was wild, and liardiv in 
 his senses : and yet he laboured, and was big with some 
 oi" the iioldest .'-eiitiiiKMifs, and most powerful passions 
 by wliiiii the huiiian mind is ever actuated. In such 
 ciri'umstaiices, it was with some difliculty that llie Hn- 
 sigii gol him away. At length, however, his clothes 
 were gol oil ; and he, with all the rest who chose to 
 avail tliemselves of tlie o|iportimity, were conducted into 
 safety, notwithstanding a warm pursuit of several davs. 
 The humane reader, 3[r. Moody per.'^uades liiiiiself, 
 will not lie less airected than he himself was, at the 
 mournful secimd of this poor soldier's tale. In the course 
 of war he was again taken, and again conducted to tlie 
 dungeon ; and afterwards actually executed on the same 
 sentence on which he had been beiore convicted ; thnuuii 
 he left the world wiili the most solemn asseverations of 
 his im,oc(Miee, as to any crime of which he had been ac- 
 cu.'^ed, excepting only an unshaken allegiance to his Sov- 
 ereign. 
 
 A few other partiiaiiars respecting this poor man, who, 
 tlunigh but a coiiinion soIdi(>r in a marching regiment, 
 was, in all the essential and best parts of the character, 
 
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 ;iii lierii, llic Writer iMiinot cxcmsc liiinst;ll' fnnn t\w rc- 
 hitidii of. His siHiatii)iianii cirouiMStaiicc's in tiie Ri.'1»l'1 
 Country bcin.i;- pccnliur, Mr. Mnody, not thinkinjr it 
 pioiHT iiiniselCto return tliithcr so soon, took the emii- 
 cst means lie eould to iiuve him convoyed safe to Nc.'W 
 York. r>ut no ar-uments, no I'litreaties, eould prevail 
 with liim to leave his deliv( rer. " To you," said he, " I 
 owe niv lile' : U:. yon, and in your service, let me devote 
 it. Yon have found me in cirenmstaiices of i.i^iiominy : 
 1 wish for an opportunity to convince yon, that you have 
 not been mistaken in thinkin-' me innocent. 1 am, and 
 yon shall lind me, a ^-ood soldier.." It was to this fatal 
 lint lixed determination, that lie soon after owed the 
 
 loss of his life. 
 
 When he was brought to the phu(> of execution, the 
 persons, who had charge of him, told him, they had au- 
 thority to promise him a reprieve^ ; and they did most 
 solemnly promise it to him, on condition only that he 
 would tell then), who the Loyalists in the country were 
 that had assisted Moody. His n'jily was mo.-,t manly 
 and noble : and proves, that real nobility and di.naiity 
 of sentiment are appropriated to n.-, particular raidc or 
 condition of lih-. " 1 l'>ve life," he said, " and there is 
 nothing,' which a man of honour can do, that I wonld 
 imtdo to .-ave it; but I cannot jniy this price for it. 
 The men yon wisii me to betray must lie i^ood men, be- 
 cause they have assisted a good man in a good canse. 
 lnnocent,'as 1 am, I feed this an awfnl moment: how 
 
 fir it becnnies you to tempt me to 
 
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 Dvcrnlicliniiiir tnc in !iii' bnscst ,u:iiilt, yuiirsflvofi must, 
 jiiilg'c. ^^y life is in your jxivvcr ; my consoiencc, I 
 thank God, is still my own." 
 
 Anotlior exlraonlinnry circumstance is said to liavo 
 befallen liini ; wliicli, as well as tlic pieced in,"', Mr. 
 ^fiiody relates ou the testimony ol an eyc-wilness vet 
 living-. Thoiiuli lu; was a small and li-iit man ; yet 
 the nipe, with whicli ho was susiiended, i>r()ke. Even 
 still this jKiur man's admiralile presence nf mind and 
 dig-nity of cmisciuns iniidcence, did imt forsake him. 
 lie instantly addressed liimself lo the snrroundino- mul- 
 titude, in the Inllowin.u' words: " (ientlcmen, f c-anndt 
 but iiepo that this very extraordinary event will con- 
 vince you, of what I a<;ain solemnly protest to yon, that 
 I am innocent of the crime for which you have adju<lged 
 me to die." \h\t he still protested in vain. 
 
 The supposed crinje i'uv which la; suffered was, the 
 plunderiiiii- and robbin<;- tiie house of a certain furious 
 and powerful IJebel. But it would be unjust to iiis 
 memory not to certify, as Mr. Moody does, that he has 
 since learned, from the voluntary confession of a less 
 conscientious loyalist, that this honest man was charii-cd 
 wron^iiTiilly ; imismiicli as he himself, without the know- 
 ledge of the otlier, on the principles of retaliation and 
 reveno'e, luul committed the crime. The name of the 
 above-mentioned honest soldier and martyr, was JloHKnr 
 M.AXWFLL, a Scotsman, who had had a ^-ood education. 
 
 Not long after, oblaining- information of the British 
 army's moving towards Spriii-lield, Mr. .Moody con- 
 
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 chilled, lliiit \' '■ caiiii>iii;nn was npcii. 'riicic ai.pcuvc.l 
 iiM way ill wliu-li, willi liis ftinall [laity of scvi-ii uic'i, In; 
 foulil be mure useful, than by securing- as many as lie 
 could of the I'K'bel Militia. Acconlindy, it was not 
 long before he eontiived to lake prisoners, a Major, a 
 Captiiiii, two Lieutenants, and sundry Coniiiiittee Men ; 
 to the amount of ei-hteen, Some re([nested to be 
 
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 paroUed ; and the Ensio-n complied with tla'ir reipiest ; 
 because it was not only reasonable and humane, imt. 
 Iiecause also it left him at liberty to pursue fresh objects. 
 Some requested to take the oath of neutraliiy ; and il 
 was not less williniily administered to them. 
 
 The licbel part of the country was now again in an 
 alarm, and the Ensign was again pursued and fought, 
 according to the stnuig expression of Scriiiture, "as a 
 partridg-e in the mountains." l>iit " wandering in de- 
 serts, and in mountains, and in dens and eaves of th(> 
 earth," by the blessing of God, he still eluded all their 
 researches. At length, however, being under a neces 
 sity of returning to New Tork, he collected a few more 
 of Hnigoync's men ; and, having now augiuented his 
 party to thirteen, he set out for that capiial. Bat Ins 
 former good fortune now forsook tiim; and he hiiuselt 
 .vas soon doomed to i'f'\ ail those bitler calamities, 
 from which it had been tiie object of his exertions U) ex- 
 tricate othiMs. 
 
 On the -ilst of .lu'y H.^n, it was his ill hap lo fall in 
 with an army, which the liebel General Wnyiie{u) was 
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 Ciipliiiii l\',u(l. Ke'sistiu was vain, ami I'ctrcat iin- 
 
 piacficahlo. Mr. MchmIv, and the grcaUT part of liis 
 nioii, were nmv uhligvd to siihniit \n (•a|)livity.(i-.) 
 
 lie, and two of lii.s men, wciv iMuncdiatciy sent to a 
 placr called The. SInle ; wIk.mo tliey were conlincd, witii 
 liicii' liand.s tied licjiind tli(Mr hacks On llic i>2d ;iwy 
 wci'c rcMiiovcd Id Sianii-pciiil ; and on the -IWA lo CnlMncl 
 Kobcrtsun's lioiisc, at \\l<t I'nint, The K'cbcl (oMnTal 
 IT()in',{y.,) who coniniandcd at tin's post, ir-atcil Mr. 
 -Mouily with uival ciN-ility ; and ))cnnitt('d his servant 
 to attiMiil liini. From tlicncc, lie was sent to Fls/i-!:!//, to 
 tlic licljci (-'onmiissaiy of prisoners, who passed him ui» 
 to J-Js-opiis. At .'Esiiptix, he renniined till tiie 'h\ of Aii- 
 g'Mst ; when, m tlie ni-lit, lie was put into a strong- room 
 guarded by fair soldiers, two witliin the door, and two 
 without. Tlie Serjeant, in the liearing of the Knsign, 
 gave orders to the sentinels wlu) were in the room 
 with him, to insist on his lying <l()wn on a bed, and in- 
 atantly to shoot hiin if he attempted lo rise from it. On 
 this, he re(jiiested and insisted to see the r'ommissary. 
 The Commissary came ; and was asked, if these onlers 
 wore from him ^ His answer was, " The Ser.jeant had 
 done his duty ; and he hoped the men would obey thi.dr 
 orders." Mr. Moi.dy remonsl rated, and urged, that it 
 was no nncominoii tiling with him to rise from his IxmI 
 in his sle(>p ; he reipiestid therefore only, that, if he 
 should happen now to i,e oveitaken with such an in- 
 lii'inity, the men might be oidereil lo call him l,y his 
 name, and at least to :i\\id<e him before thex'lired. All 
 
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 the answer liy ('(.iild nbtaiii, IVnni lliis tyrant — iiiiiiinii of 
 Ivraiil-mastci's, was II ODiil anil irmst ciil' iiiii' rcpi'liti.in 
 111' his fornier worils. 
 
 vVI'tor liiiviii,ui: twice iiinic cliaii^-cd ilie place ot iiis 
 contiiuMiitMit, on tlic lOtli of August in,' was caiTicd iiacii 
 Id Wesl-jidiiil. Ami here liis siilVfrin,!:;-s swinoil tn lie 
 liiit !ic',ninnin,L;- ; tor tlic criioltit'S he expiMionced, under 
 the ininu'(liate eye ofiJeneral Anwlil.(n) who then coni- 
 Miaiidetl there, inliniltdy exceeded all that he has over 
 met with li.'loie or since. 
 
 Nothinj;' can I'e further from Mr. Mood\'s wishes than 
 lo bccunie any man's accuser ; but no man should lie 
 ahaid either to hear, or to tell the truth, which is of no 
 party, and should lie observed by all. Humanity, more- 
 ovei', is so lovely and necessary a virtue, and especially 
 in times of civil war, that Mr. Moody owns he is proud, 
 and loves, to acknowledge ami praise it, even in an 
 enemy; of course, ho must lament and reprobate the 
 want of it, thou.uh in Ids best friend. I'nder new mas- 
 ters, it is hopt'd, (leneral Arnold has learned new max- 
 ims. Compelled liy truth, however, Mr. Moody musl 
 bear him testimony, that he was //irn faithful to his em- 
 ployers, and abated not an iota in fulliliing both the 
 letter and the spirit of their o'tMierai orders and instruc- 
 lions.(,.-,) 
 
 Mr. bloody fei'ls this to Ik.' an unpleasant jiart of his 
 iSarrative. It is with pain he juirsnes it. May it be. 
 permitted him then to gi\ti the sid).<e4nent piart of il m 
 the words ot an atlidavit, taken in the .1 ndge-Advocate's 
 
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 Office at New \,nk. IVnin il„. luuntli uf Williiun I5iiin 
 
 '.vIh, whs (•(ilililicd Inl' liis InvallV ill tll(/ SIUIK 
 
 .Mr, MoihIv. 
 
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 ••Tliisday i.cMs„iii,lly iippi-nicd Williiun Unirtis. a Ki'tiinvo 
 tW.Mi flic county of \\\.<t Cliu^tor, in tin. pr<,vince of Xovv 
 Vorlv. hilt nou- rosidin^M.M York l-laiid. in Ilio province atore- 
 Niid; and l.ciny: diil,\ sworn on tlic II(,|y Hvan<.a'lists of AI- 
 jni;.dity (iod. doposetli and saitli : 
 
 "That some time in the inontli (d' Au-iisf 17H(i. he (the de- 
 ponent) was confined in a dun-eon at West-Point Fort, under 
 sentence of death, liaviiio- heen .diar-cd with ^dvin- certain 
 intelli^^ence and information to Ceiieral Mathew. („,) one of 
 Ills liritarinic Majesty's (Jenerals servini; at tliat tin,., in An.eii- 
 '•a; that, ahoiitthe nuddle of the mouth of An-ust aforesaid 
 I.ieuteuaut Munvs Mu,uhj, of liri-adier (ieueral Skinner's [i,xt 
 
 hatalli(ui. was hroi|..i,t , or guard. nn<l conliu.d in the same 
 
 dune-eon with him (tlie deponent) ; tiiat, the -lav Hdlowiu- ho 
 tLieutenant Moody) was put in irons and lumd-.aHfed : tliat 
 tlH' hand-cntfs were of a particular sort and .••mstrnetiou, ,v,..- 
 I^nlon the inside next tl,e wrist, which ra-e<lness caused liis 
 wrists to he mn.d, cut and scarifi..d ; that soon after he (Lieu- 
 tenant Moody) was ir.uied and haud-cutted, an otlicer cameaiid 
 .leuumded Ids money, saying, "//c ,ra. nnleml. /o lake whut 
 '"oueii he hwl. un<l shonhl „/,e„ h,s onlers punclm.lhi ;" that the 
 "Hiuey was not delivere.l. as he (Lieutenant ^foodv, was reso- 
 lute m retnsing, and detcrmiiK.d n.,t to give it np. lie (Jaeu- 
 teuaiit Moody) then petitioned (ieneral lieuedict Arnohl, at 
 lliMl time in the Hehel service, and Commaudiug ( tllic.T at 
 \\e-l I'oiiii, to grant l,im ,vlief: in wliicli jKtiti.ui he set tWrlh 
 
 
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 SIP tia' tdniu'rit lii' snt- 
 ., , occasioned by the liaiid-cutls ; to which petition ho re- 
 ived no answer, thoniili he was told, by two ottieers in the 
 
 Thi' miseralile situation lie was in. as a 
 tVred, 
 
 Kebel service, his petition bad been 
 Arnold. 
 
 (|cliver'.'( 
 
 il to (u'neral 
 
 That about a week after his first petition bad l>een sent. 
 
 he jietitioned a second time 
 qnestinix moreover to be liroii 
 
 i.r relief from his snlferiniJ:, re- 
 dit to a trial, observiiifr, that if 
 
 lie should be found jiuilty of death be should desire to snfVer, 
 a> death was iiinch i.referable to torment, and beiii'i murdered 
 hv inches. Some little time alter the delivery of the second 
 
 petition, one 
 
 of (Jencr.'d Arnold's Aids de Camps, whose name 
 
 he (the deponent) cnnix 
 
 .t recollect, came to the dungeon; 
 
 him. (T/ieutemmtMoody.l asked, if thai was the 
 
 and. on seeiiii 
 
 Mooihi whose name was a terror to evc.-y }r( 
 
 V irood man? On his 
 
 vei 
 
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 nil' that his name was 
 
 Moodv. be (the Aid de Ciimi.) re- 
 
 plied in a scotliiijr maniiei 
 
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 (III liiirr I'd 
 
 1^ iliiinsrlf into a jiiilhj 
 
 SllUlltlllll 
 
 was disaii'ree 
 
 ,n his (Lieutenant Moody's) sayinu' the situation 
 
 able, but he hoped it won 
 
 Id not be of hnij;- con- 
 
 tinuance; 
 
 he aiiswerei 
 
 il. be believed not, as he would 
 
 meet with Jnsticc (|.ointiii^' at the same time to a -allows that 
 ted in the sidit and view of the dun^'eoii) ; and also 
 
 was ere( 
 
 added, l/trrc is the jrallowi 
 
 reiidv erected wliicli he (meaiiin;-' 
 
 Moodv) had lon^i- merited. I.icnten.aiit Moody answere( 
 
 il. h 
 
 made no < 
 
 Loval Siiliject liani 
 
 ;loubt he (the .\id <lc Camp) Wl 
 
 died to sec every 
 
 It he thanked ( lod. the power was not 
 
 but if he (Lieutenant Moody I wa- lian^vd. it couM be 
 
 li.Mii beiim' a l.oval Subject to one of ihe 
 
 tor no other ri^asoii i 
 
 le-t of Kiii'i-s. am 
 
 idiled. if he had Ini lives t; 
 
 il under oiu' of the be-t of ( lovermllen^^ 
 
 he would sooner forfeit 1 1 
 
 tell as a 
 Inioed II 
 
 ,oyal Subjei 
 ive to 
 
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 lan "III' a- 
 
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 Im) sail!, lie. 
 
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 MU'li Other villains liniigi'd tor ln-injr lU-hoN, Tiic i>llici-f iljeii 
 said he was sent to exaniini' his irons, as he (Liontuiianl 
 Moodv) lind hcoii IVequi'ntlv tronblinn' (iuneral Arnold with 
 liis petitions. On I'Xaniiniii;:- Iho irons, ho said //«■// irm (on 
 biiil ; and asked, who jmt tlioin on ^ — savinj;, '/ro//\ iw/r /,(- 
 Iv.nilalfoi- arnnihi, nnl for loniicnt .■ hut if iini/ one iiiciiIkI siir/i 
 *J'o//>v, //(' (iJi-utenant Moody) (//</ ni his opnuon.'' Licntonant. 
 Moody, however, was not relieved at that time from his irons; 
 but, alioiit a Week or ten days afterwards, an otlicer eame 
 from (ieiieral Wasliinffton, ordered the irons to be taken otV, 
 and I.ientenant Moody to be l)etter treated. In eonsii|uence 
 of General Washington's order, he was better nsed ; thai he, 
 (the dei)oneMtj knows nothing;- farther that haiipened, as he 
 (Lienteiiant Mcjody.) in a few ilays afterwards, was removed 
 from that i)laee. 
 
 '• WlI.I.IA.M 1)1 ll!TIS.|,7) 
 
 "Sworn before meat the time and place above mentioned. 
 "lii( iiAiii) roi!Ti;i:, 
 
 As. J)y. J ndge- Advocate." 
 
 The alxivt'-UK.'iitioiicd duM.i^L'oii was dug out of a rock, 
 and covered with a platform cd' (daiiks badiy jointed, 
 without any roof to it ; and ail the rain which fell upon 
 it iniinediately pa.ssed throug-li, and lodged la the bot- 
 t(jni of this dismal niiinsion. It iiad no llodr but tin; 
 natural rock ; and the water, with tlie mud and lilth 
 collected, was comtnonly aiik!e-deep in every {)art id' it. 
 3Ir. Moody's bed was an old door, supported by four 
 stones, so as just to raise it aiiove the surface of the 
 water. Here he continued near fotir weeks; and, dur- 
 ing most of the time, while lie was tormented with 
 
 «:■; 
 
 
 !fS'i 
 
 
 
:!» 
 
 SA1!1!ATI\ i: 
 
 ll'dlis ill llif liiillilii'l iiiciitiiilird aliovf, no fdml \\;is ;il- 
 luwi'd him liiit stiiikiiii;- lit;ft', and inltcn II. mr, iiiadi' up 
 into liulls 111- (iiiiii|iliiis, wiiich ufic lludwM into a kt'ttii; 
 and ludlt'd with the incut, and then linm^dit i liini in a 
 Wdodc'M bowl wiiich was never washed, and which cnii- 
 tiiicled a tliiek crust ni' (lini.iiii, y-ieasc, and dirt. It is 
 a wonder tliat siicli air, and such food, to say noliiiiiii- 
 of tlie won ds uiioii his legs and wrists, were not latal 
 tu him, especially as tlie clothes on liis back weie >el- 
 dom dry, and at one time were continually wet I'or more 
 than a week tog'etlicr. .M'ter Mr. Washington iuteifrred 
 lie was served with wholesome provisions, and he was 
 allowed to purchase for himscU' some milk and veget- 
 ables. 
 
 The ways of Trovidence are often mysterious, fre- 
 quently briiig-iiigv about its ends by the most unlikely 
 means. To tiiis iuhumaii treatment in General Arnold's 
 camp, Mr. Moody owed his future safety. On the l>i 
 (if Se[)tember lie was carried to Washington's camp, and 
 there conlined near their Liberty-pole. Colonel Skam- 
 me/,{,.) the Adjutant (Jcneral, came to see him put in 
 irons. When they had hand-cuin'd him, he reiiiuiistrated 
 with the Colonel, desiring that his legs, which were in- 
 deed in a worse situation than even his wrists, micht 
 be examined ; J'arther adding only, that dealli would be 
 inlinitely (ueferable to a repetition of the torments he 
 had just undergone. The Colonel did examine his ieg,> : 
 and, on seeing- them, he al.so acknowledged, that his 
 trcMtir.eiit had indc'ed been too l^ad ; and asked, if (Jen- 
 
J. 
 
 
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 »BNBBAL WASHlNaiON. 
 
■1 
 
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 'nil Ariinid |,:,<| I 
 
 tioii. Ml. .M,„„|v t,,,,| 
 
 "■I'll iiiiulu nc(|uaiiitiMl with his ,sil 
 
 iiii- 
 
 S a iSllll'CIC |.|.'1I,S11I(. ill tllllS |,||l;. 
 
 ackin.\vl(.iln.ii|o. iii.^ „l,|io.,iij,,„s ill,,! In- 
 
 to ColoiR'l Skii 
 
 •s yiutiiiiilo 
 
 iiiiiH'l, wliu liiiiiiancly K-uvc onlcrs to tii 
 
 IHKI CillC li' llilll^ .,,,,1 \,y I 
 
 IVovost, .MiiiNhiii III till. 
 
 iiK'iiiis |„ siiIHt iiiiv in. MS to be put on his k-'s, till tl 
 
 were likely to piovo less distnv-sii;. 
 
 lU 
 
 10}' 
 
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 the Aeic /hit/. 
 
 the! 
 
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 "ouy iittciMlcd tho ichcl aniiv in ii 
 
 s iiiaii'li over 
 
 "C 
 
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 liitl ail ii|i|M)riiiiiit_v ,,!' oliscrviiii 
 
 r wliuld line ai 
 
 III (•(iiihtiim- llicir 
 
 .■niiilci V. 
 
 iinysoi'iiicd siiiuuth and lair, and 
 iitcuso, ill the |Mns|M'cl of hcino-soon cxi 
 very HiicxiiL'ctcdlv, he was visited 
 ancc, (iii(. di' their ( 
 
 .very- 
 
 lit.' lelt hiiiiseir iiiiii'l 
 
 II 
 
 iin,L;vd ; wiieii, 
 in <ild ai'ijiiaint- 
 
 Was III iw,. days time to he h 
 
 1- lohmels, wn.i inrerinc.l hiiii, ijiat In 
 
 AViiii's/oH was to III 
 
 roii<;iit to trial 
 
 that 
 
 irtial »vas ain'fii//i/ picM i;,r th 
 
 M 
 
 joiuod, fluit he would do well 
 since, froiii the (.'videi 
 
 pidseciilor, and that the Court 
 
 piiipo.se. 
 piepare for 
 
 JTe sill.. 
 
 Kieridtv, 
 
 ice which h(,' knew would I 
 
 diiced, there >vas hut une issue of the I 
 peeled. Mi. M 
 
 le pn 
 
 nisiness 
 
 to be 
 
 ex 
 
 oo(l,v ie(iue.ste. to he inloriued, what -'t 
 
 was the purpose of this evid 
 
 eiu'e to prove 'f it was, 1 
 
 well wisher told iiim, that ho had 
 
 tiiiii Shaddoek, and a Lieutenant Ilendrick 
 
 us 
 
 a.ssassiiiatoJ a Caii- 
 
 son. 
 
 were tlu' twi 
 
 dii 
 
 Tl 
 
 lOSO 
 
 o oHicers 
 
 who had fallen fairly in battle near 
 Black Puiiif, as has been already related. The Ensi-i, 
 
 n'plied, that ho felt hiinsol 
 
 niiu'h at ease on that ac- 
 
 count, as it could be siiiriciently cleared 
 own poui.lo, who hail been in, and ha-l 
 
 up by tl 
 .survived, ll 
 
 II! ir 
 
 le 
 
 j^> 
 
f 
 
 ;!(') 
 
 fP 
 
 
 T 
 
 N.uiu.vrrvi;. 
 
 ac/«V«, iis well as by soin.' oC tlicir unirers, who wen; at 
 tlie time pn'sdiiors to liim, and spectators of the \vli()l(> 
 iifTair. "All this," said liis friL-nd, "will h,. „f little 
 avail; you aio so olmoxions ; you have hceii, and are 
 likely to lie. so mlsc/iierons to lis, tiiat, bo assii'-ed, we 
 are resolved lo gel lid of you at any rate. Besides, 
 you cannot deny, and it can be proved by incontestible 
 evidence, that yon have enlisted men, in this Ski/e, for 
 the King's service, and this, by our laws, is denfJi." 
 
 Eiisig-n :Nri)ody aflectod an air of nneonccni at this in- 
 forniatiun ; but it was too serious and important to him to 
 be really disregarded ; ho resolved, therefore, from that 
 moment, toeflect iiis escape, or to perish in the attemiit. 
 Every precaution liad b(;en taken to secure the plact; 
 in \\hk\\ he was confined. It was nearly in the 
 centre of the rebel camp. A sentinel was i)laced with 
 HI the door of his prison, and another without, besides 
 four others close round, and within a few yards of the 
 place. The time now ciime on when ho mu ' either 
 make his attempt, or lose the oi.|/ortnnity for ever. On 
 the )iight, therefore, of the lltli of September, laisy in 
 ruminating on his project, he had, on the pretence (jt 
 being cold, got a watch-coat thrown across liis slu.ulders, 
 tl at he might better conc( al, from his unpleasant com- 
 panion, the operations whi.li he meditated against his 
 hand-cuffs. While he was racking liis invention, to 
 find some possible means of extricating himself from 
 liis fetters, he providentially cast his eye on a post fast- 
 ened in the ground, through which an hole liad been 
 
N'Ai;nATi\ [•: 
 
 liiiicd with ail 
 
 an O'er 
 
 111(1 it 
 
 orciiicd to him tliat it 
 
 "lig-ht 1,0 |..xs.ihl(. with the aid of thi.s hole, to b 
 
 tiic lioll of 1 
 
 leat 
 
 S II.IIMlC 
 
 ufl'^ 
 
 tl 
 
 \\- 
 
 itclun"' 
 
 tl 
 
 icrcloie, fidii 
 
 aiiotii 
 
 llllK.' to tilUC, of tl 
 
 (■!• way, he thni.st tlie 
 
 U' opporttiiiity. 
 It sonliiicrs loolviri" 
 
 '(tvc'-iiioiitioiicd hole, and \,y c 
 
 point of tiie holt into tl 
 
 strcng'th, and 
 
 giinhially 
 
 aitiously exert inii' h 
 
 10 
 
 IS 
 
 iien( 
 
 iiig' the iron l)aek\\ard^ 
 
 and forwards, l,e at length broke it. Let t 
 
 '"li'gmu what his sensations were, whe 
 manacles drop from his hands ! Ik' si 
 
 le reatle 
 
 past tl 
 
 It! interior sentinel. 
 
 and rnshiiu 
 
 <nie hand he s(;ized h 
 
 1 lie lonnd the 
 spmiig instantly 
 in the next, with 
 
 strucl' 
 
 IS nmsipiet, and with the otl 
 
 k luin to the gronnd. The sentinel within, and tl 
 
 ler 
 
 le 
 
 le fence snrronndinsr 
 
 ioiir others who were placed bv t 
 
 tlie place of his confinenient, immediately gave the 
 alarm ; and, in a moment, the cry was general,— 
 " Mood!/ i« ''scaped from the Provost." It is impossible 
 to describe the uproar which now took place throughout 
 the whole camp. I,, a few minutes every man was in a 
 bustle; every man was looking for .Moody, and multi- 
 tudes passed him on all sides— little suspecting, that a 
 man whom they saw deliberately marching along, with 
 a musket (,n his shoulder, could be the Vugitive' thev 
 were in ,|„est of. The darkness of the night, wliicli 
 was also blustering and drizzly, prevented any discrimi- 
 iiiitiun of his person, and was indeed the great circum- 
 stance that reiKlered his escape possible. 
 
 But no small diiliculty still remained to be surmount- 
 ed. To prevent desertion, which at that time, was very 
 
 m] 
 
 W 
 
 w 
 
 n 
 
88 
 
 NAIiUATrVt:. 
 
 IVcquciit, Wasliiiiiilofi }iii(| 
 
 sill Tiiiini 
 
 led 1 
 
 ciiiiin of scntiiii'ls, posted iit ahont lortv or (ii't 
 
 lis curiip with a 
 
 V vaifl 
 
 dist 
 
 t\ 
 
 uico fVoin oacli otlior ; lie was uiiacqnaiiitod witl 
 
 loir stations ; to pass tl 
 impossililo ; and fo ho discovered 
 fatal. Ill til 
 lii 
 
 icrn iiiKliscovercd was next ti 
 
 would certainly I 
 
 le 
 
 is dilemma rrovideiice ao-ain belViended 
 
 ni. 
 
 lie had oaii](>d t 
 
 icir station without knowiiio- it. 
 
 when hickilv he heard tiie watcl 
 
 i-woid passed from one 
 
 to another—'- Look sharp to the chain— Moody is es- 
 caped from tiie Provost." From the sound of the voices 
 he ascertained the respectivt^ situations of these senti- 
 nels ; and. throwino- himself on his 
 he was happy enoTig-h to crawl throunh the vacant siiai 
 
 lianrls and knees. 
 
 lietwcen two of ihem, 
 tlieir line of imrsnit 
 
 Brit 
 
 unseen by either. Judging that 
 would naturally be towards the 
 
 ish army, he made a detour into the woods on the 
 
 opposite side. Tinougii tliese woods 1 
 speed as tiie darknrss of the uio-ht would 
 
 le made as mucii 
 
 )ii< 
 
 eu as tne (UdUnrss ol tlie night would permit, steer- 
 hi> course, after tin- Indian uniuner, l)v occasioiiallv 
 
 ;roping and leeiiim' the ir/u/c-oti/,-. On th 
 
 sou 
 
 th 
 
 siUe 
 
 tiie 
 
 tliis tree is roU'.;'! 
 
 id uiipicasant to the 
 
 touch, but on the north side it is.-Hiooth ; lienre it serves 
 
 the 
 
 sag-acioUH traverser of th(> desart, bv ni^'ht 
 
 as we I 
 
 as by day, for his compass. T 
 
 iirouuh the most distant 
 
 Woods an<l swaiii[is he continued to wander till tiie 
 
 night of the 21st, a spac(; of more tl 
 
 during which time, he had no otiier sust 
 
 an lifty-six iioiu'; 
 
 enance than a 
 
 hf(ir/i leaves (which, of all that t 
 
 II' wool 
 
 1> atl 
 
 ordeil 
 
 were the least iinplca^anf tn the taste, and least | 
 
 lei- 
 
NAliliATfVK. 
 
 89 
 
 iiicioiis to liciilOi) wliicl 
 '■tliiitc the intnl 
 
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 •'I'abic cTiivi 
 
 ' '"■ chcuH.,! aii(i swalluwed 
 
 10 
 
 iiii' 
 
 cf G 
 
 " ''Vfiy inhabited distiift he k 
 
 nl his hiinyci., 
 
 "veniineiit, and he liad new I 
 
 new tiiei-u wore friends 
 
 •in 
 
 \v to iiiid them out, wit! 
 
 i'!ii-ned also wliere uiid 
 
 wiiicli was ah 
 
 } 
 
 K)me of tiie.so good men I 
 
 >ys tlje first object of 
 
 out elldall,^•el■in^• //idr y^f 
 
 etv, 
 
 Ills eonceri). Fi 
 
 low 
 
 fiL' pursuit al'ter iiiin 
 
 !(.' received niiniih; int 
 
 oni 
 
 guard was posted. '1' 
 
 "as directed, and 
 
 orniaiion 
 will! re every 
 
 111- 
 
 est viu'i 
 
 assisted 
 
 lie ehu 
 
 i^'ii'iiice ; and, at len-th, by (;„^|'^ , 
 
 led t 
 
 leir Jxeen- 
 
 iiii.''|»eai<abiej„y, | 
 
 s bh'issing-, to liis 
 
 On tlie Gth of March 1781 C 
 
 "' ■■irrived sar(.' at Paul us- Hook. 
 
 Adjutant ( 
 
 iilone 
 
 1) 
 
 '••i.eral, requested Mr. Moody to mat 
 
 ''■laiicey.(„) tl 
 
 le 
 
 pL'diiion into the rebcd 
 
 ke an e.v- 
 
 ccpiing Mr. W 
 
 coiinlrv 
 
 sented 
 
 and 
 
 :i«hington's dispatelies. II 
 
 for the purpose of inter- 
 
 «ot out on the exj 
 
 e read I 
 
 y con- 
 
 'L''lition tlie very next 
 
 ;'is';t,and 'ravelled about twenty-nvo miles. 1 
 
 lowing;- da\ 
 
 lie and 1 
 
 Tl 
 
 e next night, fur it 
 
 "« party kept conceale 
 
 he fo|. 
 
 (' in a swam 
 
 ler. 
 
 X 
 
 v.'iiture to stir, they had 
 wli" had uiiderlakeii to 1 
 Vance a siep laid 
 threats, coi 
 Was at hit 
 party. Incensed 
 
 was only by night that 
 
 I p. 
 I hey could 
 
 lint 
 
 i'oiie 
 
 far, when the i 
 
 nan 
 
 le iheir o'liid 
 
 (', refused to ad- 
 
 pi-cvail with him to pi 
 
 <> arguments, no promi.st 
 
 'S, no 
 
 own expiess desire tl 
 
 proceed, though it 
 
 Kit 
 
 a!" his beii 
 .V, ill tl 
 
 Ik.' was on 
 
 ii'-adud, 3Ir. Mood 
 ti"ii. had actually co( 
 I'lU happily he instaiul 
 i''"la wife and lamilv ulm d 
 
 tl 
 -in I 
 
 le 
 
 ig so perverse and wr 
 liist transports of indin-n,, 
 
 ;lioot him ; 
 le pool' devil 
 
 lis gun ill iirder t( 
 
 y I'Tolleeled, I hat il 
 
 eiiemied on him Inr bit 
 
 ' 'if 
 
 
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 a 
 
 H 
 
 f it 
 
 IN 
 
 40 
 
 XAItliAriVR. 
 
 Tliis ivstraiiicd liiiii ; ami urdciiiii^' liis iiniis to be taken 
 fVoiii liiin, lie was umier the painliil necessity of icturii- 
 iiiji' with liiiii to Ne\v-V«ti'k. 
 
 Tin's inini was leiiuiikabiy earnest and vcljettieiit in 
 liis resentment a.uainst tiie Rebels. lie bad l)een nincli 
 injured by tlieni in his proiierty ; and they bad also pnt 
 liolb iiis lather and his brother to an ig-noniiiiioiis death, 
 it was natural to supjKjse, tluMefore, that siieli a man 
 \vt)nld be trne and firm. But he was loval only thrnnoh 
 
 resemuient am 
 
 .1 int 
 
 erest, not IVom 
 
 col 
 
 iviction and prin- 
 
 ei|de. Tiiese Loyalists, IVoni principle, were the mei 
 on whom he relied : ami no one of tl 
 
 < .<e ever 
 
 tiled 
 bim. 
 
 The Adjutant Gcmeral seemed to be mneh disappoint- 
 ed on seeing- the party return, supposing- the hope of 
 obtaining- the (lisi)atches to be now vain. Mr. Moodv 
 informed him of what had happened ; but adiled, that 
 ho had ever since kept his eye on the venegado, and 
 had not sullered a soul to speak to him ; and ie(|Uested 
 that this caution should be still continued, and that 
 even the sentry, who was to guard him, should not be 
 permitted to have any intercourse with hiui. On this 
 
 Dl'tt/ic, 
 
 he pioinised again to ?mi 
 
 ke tl 
 
 le attempt, and 
 
 hoped mit witiiont success. Accnidiiigly, lie set out a 
 second time, and, <>\i the night of tiie lOlh he reached 
 
 llavcistraw mountains. 
 
 
 
 n his march he was uilornied 
 
 that the post had gone liy that day. On the 11th the 
 weather became very inclement, and he, witli his party, 
 
 ,ni\ 
 
 eretl eXcrcaillL 
 
 troiii a lie;iv 
 
 snow 
 
 not- 
 
NAHliATIVI.;. 
 
 41 
 
 "--'-, to... aOK.a of' n,..nan^'T,;s./e 
 
 '";"-'' 7— -..ly fati.„i„. U-O.V as yet all i„ va ^ 
 
 -. safe u-ith i. ... x,„, V,,,, Tl,/i,.exp,-: ^^l 
 
 ^al.npswlnclMlu> party underwent in this a. ventn,. 
 bohlnnn „n,e.andeol.,,.e..enUaItotl,elK.alt:^ 
 "-t of then,. Soon after Mr. Moody wa,s rnad. a 
 
 untenant havin, first served .no,e4n a v<.at: 
 ^;;'^;^;;;;;^'"'^"t ->y lK.y, and aln.os, ,hne\-earsas 
 
 About the middle of May the Adjutant General a-aiu 
 
 omp uned of the want of intelh>„ee, and t„ld rieu^ 
 
 tenant Moody, that he could not render the Ki„X 
 
 ;;r'"'.^ '■'■^^^"'*'^'Jl''^-^<-f service than hvhrin^i^o. 
 
 1". >^ 1 -ore possible, another rebel mail. There w.s 
 "o decd.nmo. ,„ei. , ,,,UvHntlou. Theref„re on the 
 
 -."tnflhel5th.,akin,A.„rmenwith„in,,M;.Mo, 
 
 and h,. assoen.tes met with no molestation ; but thov 
 '-1 n..t^one far ,he next ni,ht, when ^hovproeL; 
 
 considerable party of n,en approaching them as seJl^ 
 - pnss.ble. Mr. .Aloody tried to o,t off by the left t 
 
 ^;;-,di.i.nselfand Ins party incMsedc^t.:J::;: 
 0"ther,d.t wasahighclifl-ofrocks,soruo-o.ed and 
 stocpthattheenen,.thou.ht it impossible fV;^,'„ 
 escape on that sido. It was obvious, fron. these ei 
 
 4' 11 
 
 >:-l 
 
 t'^' 
 
 ;f 
 
 >■ •• 
 
i 
 
 Si 
 
 1 
 
 \ 
 
 ! 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 t 
 
 m- 
 
 
 
 42 
 
 \AIflt.\TIVK, 
 
 cuiiistMiiccs, tliiit ail aniliiisli was laid, and tliat this 
 spot, so ppciiliaily convc'iiiciit, was cliijseii for tlic pur- 
 pose ; ill short, tliat Mr. Mooily nnd ids i)arty liad Itccii be- 
 trayed by iiitellijiTiioo sent forward from New York. 
 Tlie only alternative left was to surrende •.: • rc-ish, 
 or to leap down from the top of tli<^s(> r,,, ;• •. aout 
 knowiiio-, witli any eortainty, eitlier liow ii ^., they 
 were, or wliat sort of ground was at tiie bottom. Tiie 
 Lieutenant bade; liis men follow liini, and sprang for- 
 ward. Providentially the g-round at the bottom was 
 soft, and everything else just as they could have wislicd 
 it: they escaped unliurt, and proceeded for some time 
 unmolested. But, at no great dislanee, crossing a 
 swamp, just beyond it they fell in witli another party, 
 of much the same number as the former. Luekilv they 
 saw, and were not seen. A litlle liiMoek was at iiand, 
 to which the Lieutenant ord(>red his men quieth' to re- 
 treat, and full on tiieir faces ; judging tliat, in case they 
 were discovered, there would be sonic; advantage in 
 liaving to charge from higher ground, by wiiicli means, 
 if at all, they might cut tiicir way through the party. 
 What he and his men felt, wlien they beheUl so superior 
 a force marching directly towards them, till at last tliey 
 were within fifty yards ; or, when, in this awful moment, 
 they had the happiness to see them, without being dis- 
 covered, take another course ; no person of sensiljility 
 will need lie told. .\ little council of war was now held, 
 and it was detei'iniiu^d to return whither only the way 
 seemed clear. To advance was impracticable, as there 
 

 i ''I 
 
 N.MtliATU K. 
 
 43 
 
 li'Hv could ivMKiin ii,.(a.l„„ht but that intcllinvnc.. uf 
 tho intnKlf.l route had been seut fro.., witl.iu the Bi itisi, 
 lines, and that thi? enemy had made a proper use ol' it 
 They bc-ari, therefore, with all possible cauti.m, to 
 measu.-e baek their steps ; fur Ihey were still apprche.i- 
 •sive of other pIotN and other ambushes. 
 
 A.id nou-, havh.o- irai.io.l the North Iliver, and bci 
 
 withm four miles of Snv York, they flattei'od thems.h.rs 
 they \vere onoe more out of dan-er. IJi.t, h..in- wiih- 
 • 1" a Inmdrod ya.'ds of a ee.laii, house, how were thrv 
 alarmed when they saw seventy men eom,. (,nt of it, and 
 a.lvanec diiwlly towards them ! Lieutenant Moo; iv' was 
 convineed they w....v R.UoU ■ but the u-nide insis,.,] ihat 
 th.w weiT Loyalists, and that he hiew sevrral of th.m. On 
 this, the latter, witli another man, went forward to meet 
 tlumi, n(,t' ,staiuh-n- that ihe former still persisted in I, is 
 "pinion. A very impleasant salute soon .-(aivineed this 
 "iifortnnate rlainnvirn/e of their mistaken eonlid..nee. Tiir 
 main b,Mly made for the Lh-utenant, who had no other 
 means of eseape than to elimb a steep hill ; but, Ion- befoie 
 !"■ li"(l reaehed the summit, they had so uained on'him as 
 to be within lifty yards. He reeeived one o,,,H.ral dischar-e 
 and thought it little .s|,ort of a nn-rael,. ihat he eseaiuMl 
 mnvo.m.h.d. The bullets ilew like a storm of hail all ai'om.d 
 him ; his elothes were shot through in several plae.'s ; one 
 ball went throi,n-h his hat, and another urazed his ai-m 
 Without at all slaekening his paee he turned roimd, and' 
 diseharged his musijuef, and by this sho' killed one of his 
 pursuers : still they kept up their fire, eaeh man disehar<.i.i.- 
 
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 . it 
 
 '11 
 
 f 
 
 -Nil 
 
 m 
 
 -^ ■ 
 
 1 
 
'( 
 
 lit 
 
 I 
 
 n 
 
 u 
 
 NAHIIATIVK 
 
 ills pii'cc u^ lii>t as li(,' cciiild loud ; but, miiiiiiiLi- an ()|i|)()r- 
 Iiiiiilv (if -iHiii ildiihliiiu' niiiMi tiiciii, lie g-.wv llioiii tlic sli)i, 
 and in due time aii'ivcd, oni'c inoiv, safe in New Vnrlv. 
 One (d' tin; two men wlio Imtl cstaiicd, and .uot in lifst, iiiis- 
 takin-4' ilie seiTanis of tliu jioor fellow wiio was sliot, for 
 those of Lieutenant Moody liimseif, laid uiveii out tliat tiio 
 liientenant was killed, ioi' that he iiad jiear 
 tlie friends of ilu' latt 
 vocal a i)roof tliat llie man was mistake 
 
 d his eries ; hut, 
 
 er were soon hapjn- to see so uneqiii- 
 
 n. 
 
 The very first niulit aftei' ! 
 
 lis return to .sew lork, as 
 
 al)ove felated, n:., nu tiu' I8iii of .May, l.ieuienant Moody 
 
 set out au'ani on ilie Ims 
 
 e hnsmess < 
 
 if tliis 
 
 llel.els 
 
 exjH'ditnm. 
 
 'I" 
 
 10 
 
 l\new lliai in.' ni 
 
 I'en driven l)aek, and he thonu-ht, 
 
 it tlie }n'o]iei-est time to proecM 
 liis ol.jeci. On tlui niji'lit, wit 
 
 d inuiU'diately in pufsuit of 
 ii liis small party of four 
 
 men, he n-ot. as far a> Seeain;as. '|"he ne.\t uiiiiit they 
 crossed tlie llackinsack river, hy means of a canoe wiiieli 
 Lieutenant Moody always kept there for such purposes, and 
 
 which, after crossinu-, he concealed till his return. He then 
 lifdceeded <m, till, coming' to the edge of a marsh, he fell in 
 with a party of Ilebeis, who weie patrollinti' in that (rnart 
 
 ritlia view only, it is proliahle, of int 
 
 ter. 
 
 erceptiiig tlie country 
 
 people wlio might lie carrying provisions to New York 
 Tliis jiavty discovered the Lieutenant first, without beiu"- 
 
 seen, an( 
 
 i suflered him to jiass their van, not hailing him till 
 stnae of them were in his real', as well as some in his front. 
 
 II 
 
 e was ( 
 
 ir(h-red instantiv to sfantl. 
 
 (M' lie and all with him 
 This suniiuons the Lieutenant answered 
 ly an immediate discharge, wiiieh they reliu'iied. He then 
 
 wi're liead men 
 
m 
 
 XAUIiATn R, 
 
 in 
 
 <"'lliiiir on l.is ivar to m.Iv:,!.,,", as if l.o 1„h1 a laruv l.u,lv in 
 roservo, aiul ...:iv;ii- a scomkI tiiv, iIr.v soon disiuTSfd. 'll,. 
 wns intnrm.Hl the n.-.vi .lay, tiial tliis ivl...! ,.artv ronsisi,..! 
 
 tif luclvc 111(11. 
 
 ^^^'"■'■'''"- "" '< ''"'ll' ii'ilrs liirilin', lie c- tn Saildl.. 
 
 Kiv-r, wliirh i( was lauvssary tu oioss ; Init apiMvliensiv,. 
 tliat tlR.pi, n.iolit Ik. a -uartl st,alin„,d at IIm: hrido-,. tlioiml, 
 the ni-ht was dismally dark and rainy, aiui the' riv,.,- had 
 u-iratly ovcrdowcd its hanks, l„. uadcd, fnr several vanls, 
 thr.Midi a ••(.nsidrrahl,. d,.,,t|| „r water, till he rr„t el'ose to 
 the U'idue, where lie saw, as he had leaivd, a reo,,],,,. .,,,ard 
 On this he retreated will, all posMl.Je speed and eaution : 
 iind was ,,l,h'o-ed to wa.le thnai-h the river, alionf half a 
 mil.' larilier up, ii,,t wiih.Mil miieh dillieiiliy and danurr. 
 
 The counlry heii... now niueh alarmed" witli rmiiors <,r 
 Moody's l-eiii- out, oirasi.aied l.y (his little reneoiitre the 
 mad, instead of l,ei,i,ir sent l.y I'oiiipioii. as it iisaallv' had 
 I'cen, and wluav it was experled to he niPt with, was now 
 sent hy tlio haek road, with a unard to s.^iiir it. On dis- 
 ••.>vm.m- this, the Lieutenant dispatched a trustv Loyalist 
 to !i distant ].art of the province, with letters to his friends • 
 iUKl particularly directinu- one of tliem, whose person' 
 li.unre and voice most resemhled his own, to pa.s for him hut! 
 a sin.-I.. hour ; which he readily did. Tn this friend's nei^•|,- 
 Itourhood lived a pompous and important .Justice of a Peace 
 "lin was a cowardly fellow, and of course had heen cruel' 
 At this man's house, early in the evcninu. the person 
 •■"'l'l".ved raised an alarm. The .Tustiee came out, tiial 
 esi.yin- as it wa> iniende.l i,o Hioiild, a /all wan. his iears 
 
 
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 4U 
 
 .VAIiliATIVK. 
 
 II.' 
 
 i-oiiviiiced him it was Moody ; juid lie iiistiiiitly betook liiiii- 
 scir to tlie woods. Tlic next diiy tin- miiioiir wiis j^ciieriil, 
 tliiit, .Moody Wiis ill that pnit (.!' the country ; mid the 
 militia WHS liroiii-'lit down iVoiii the |tiii't wlicn- \u> really 
 was, to |iiirsiic liiiii wiien.' he was \ut\. Tiiis faciliiated ilii- 
 faptin'o of the mui/, wliicli lie waylaid lor live days licfun; 
 the opportuiiily pivseiitcd. This mail ('..iitaiiKMl all the dis- 
 palciifs that wci'c sent in (•oiisc(|iiciice of tiio interview 
 iH'tween (ioiiiTal W'ashinnton nml tiic (•uiint Ivoeiiain- 
 beiui (jo) in Connocticut.n 
 
 Lieiiteiiaiit Mo')dy caused two other mails to lie lakcii 
 l»y the peojile under iiis direction. In one of liicse little 
 
 expeditions his l)rothcr co landed, a yoiinu- man, whose 
 
 fearless coui'aue, in the very teeth of daim-er, he iiad Vc- 
 Jicatedly witnessed. Tho yoMiii;f'r ^[oody succeeded in liis 
 attempt, so far MS to intercept the mail; Init, after sei/Jnu,- 
 it, he was attacked by a superior party, and two of his men 
 were taken ; yet lie himself had tiic irood fortiino to escape, 
 with that part of liie ji.ipcrs which was in his own custody. 
 IVnnsylvania was the scene of this enterprise. 
 
 A tale far more melancholy than any yet related comes 
 now to l)e told ; the recollection of wiiicli (and it is impos- 
 sible he should ever liaxet it) will forever wrin^- with anguish 
 
 (ii) A few (liiys aft(M' this (lonl. Clinton lol.i him. (Imt the lA-tltrs wero 
 of great c(uiHt'f|iioncc. tlui* tlio tiiking of llicm was a mo.st iniportuut 
 serviDu. Uut that lie liad now doiie onough; that hi; would nut suitor 
 him to venture himself in any inoro of .such hazardoiifi enterprises; unil 
 that he wouIJ take care to proviilc for him. Mr. .Moody il.ies not doul.t 
 liut that he then intended it ; Imt these aud las other Intentions seldom 
 lasted lunger than the da v. 
 
VAUKATIVK. 
 
 47 
 
 Hm- liciirt o[ the Writer (.(' (his Nn-nitiv. In tlic t.|,.| ,,r 
 OcIoIht nsi, .Major n,.<;k with, Ai<l dc ,'i.in|. to (Joncral 
 Kiiipliaii.M'ii, (■..,) ciuiiciiiul iiilonued Li<'iilcii!iiit Moody, rhnt, 
 one Ac/dison liiul IjoL'ii with him, on n j.i'oj.rt- „|' jiini, 
 iiioiiiciit. It. WHS iiothiii.o' I..SS tiiiiii to brino oir the iii(,>t 
 iiii|iortaiit books mid papers of Coiin-irss. This .\d(hM,ii 
 was an Eii.tfiishin;.!!, and hail been cniphiycd in suna' 
 iiircrioi- dcpai'Iniciit, iindcr Mr. TlaanpsoM, lia' Secretary to 
 the Coniiiess. (...,) He was then a prisoner; and llu' plan 
 was, tliat iio siionid be imua-diately e.\ehanj>vd, return in 
 I lie n.Mial nianner lo Piiiiadelphia, and there iv>nnie iiis old 
 i'nipli>yinrnl. Tiie Lieiitenani was abiUKlaiilly earerni, ami 
 even sernpuions, in his in(|niries eoiieeriiiiin' tiie nuin's 
 (•liaraeter ; on wlucli liead Major Beekwitii expressed llie 
 iMo>t entire cnnndence ; and observed, that Addison was 
 (■(liially camions re>pectin,Lr tiu' characters of tiaise wlio 
 were to attend liini. 
 
 Tiie mailer was of importance; and Lieutenant Moody 
 was coniident tliat, tliouiih it mi-Id be dillicnlt to perform 
 ids part of tlie business, yet it was not impracticable. He 
 resolved, however, as Addison mii;hi think //m an object 
 worth betrayhig, that he should not ijc innu'mcd of In's con- 
 scntinn- to lie of the i)arly. If any otlier person did inform 
 iiim of it, he was, to say the least, very imprndeid. Tlie 
 Lieutenant jdiched upon his only brother, of whom s(Mno 
 mention lias already been made, and another faithlnl .Aincii- 
 can soldier, for tiii> a"dunus entci'prise. 'I'heir lirst instruc- 
 tion^ were lo wait (,n Aihii.son, and to bind him, as they 
 tlieni>elves had just been boimd, to mutual secrecv and 
 
 
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 •hi 
 
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48 
 
 NAHIIATIVP. 
 
 fidelity, liv nil onlh, wliicli I lie fjciitciiiiiit Imd mIwuvs 
 ii(liiiiiiistcrril to his ruJldwciN in all liix e.v|ii'ilitiiiii^, wlicii the 
 iiii|Mirtiiiic(' (if tlic (ilijccf rcmicrcd siicli iiii iidijitiniial lie 
 iM'Ct'ssarv ; niid wliidi, ii> it clcnrly shews the |iriiii'i|ii»'s nt' 
 liiiiiiiiir iiiiil hiiiiiiiiiil y 1)11 wliich ir wus liis iinii'uriii pridi' and 
 )»iii'|Misc t(i ai't, lie Im'li's ji'iivc here to siilijoiii, and it is as 
 rttliiiw* ; viz. 
 
 1, 
 
 " I, till' nndcisifrned A.B. do soloinniy swear, mi tlio llnly 
 Kvanjrt'li>ts ot' Aliiii|ility (Ind, that I will >taii(i by and ho tnio 
 to the iPtTsniis JoiiK'd witii iiic in this t'X|i<'diti(ai. and do ovory 
 tiiiiif.' in my pouff to ac('<iin[)lish tho |ini|ioN»'s ol' it : and I ilo 
 tiirtiiiT >ucar. tliat, in caso of onr tai\iii;r any pri^oinTs. I will 
 do my iMidoavonr to treat thoiii as ui'il as onr situation will 
 admit of: and J do fartiicr -iwear, tliat. in casi' any accident 
 should happen to me, and that I should he taken, 1 will not, 
 »'ven to save life, tliseover or hetray any ])erson Joined with 
 me, or any Loyalist who may hefrienil tiswith any infoiiiiatioii, 
 mlvicc, or other assistance: and I do farther swear, tliat I will 
 not injure nor destroy any [iroperty e\en of a rehel. unless it 
 bo arm- or aianiiiiiition. hiit faithliilly pay the full price of 
 aiiytliiiifi wc take fr<im them, if they refu>e to sell it ; and 1 
 do farther swear, that I will not wound nor take away the life 
 of any jiersoii Avhatever. unless they should attempt an i'sca[)e 
 when in our cu-tody. oi' it >liall otherwise lie alisolutely ueci's- 
 sary for our own defence. So liilji iiir (l<i(l.'^ 
 
 After takinii' this oath, a cerlaiii minilicr of niuiits was 
 afffced oil in which .\ddisoii was to c.\|icct llirm : and a 
 ccflain iilace also apjiointcd. w licie he was to meet tiiem 
 Tu Mich an aiivetdiirc, it was imno.-sildc tu lie exact to aiiv 
 
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 NAItH.MlVK. 
 
 411 
 
 time ; lull it WHS ajriwd, (hat if iIhv fiiilcil (,l \u'\\vj: iil tlic 
 pliifu ill any of tlit- siurilii.d i,i»lit>, lie sIkmiI.I no luiinn' 
 ('.\|HTt tliciii ; anil thcv liirllicr |iroiiiis(d, hy |)ni|u'r ineans, 
 f(» apprisr liim, if |inssil.Ir, if any nccidciit ,v|ioiiIil lirfal 
 till ill, so as riihir to .Iday, or wiiolly put an (>iii| to their 
 project. 
 
 Tiiinu-s beiiiir thus settled, Aihiison left New York in due 
 forni and inanner, as was ucneraily Mipposed, in order to 
 retnni (o his former friends and employment ; and, at tiie 
 
 proper time, Lieiiteinint ,M ]y and his friends followed 
 
 liim. 'I'iie manlier and eireiimstanees of tii-'ir march, it is 
 not material nor proper here to relate : snllice it to say, 
 that, on the iiiuiit of the 7lh of Nnvemher, tiie fust in the 
 ord.T (,f tho>e tJKit liiiil 1|,,,.|| i,|,|,niiile(i, they arrived in tiu^ 
 neiuhl)onrhood of Philadelphia, hiil on the opposite side of 
 the river. They loiiiid Addison already on the spot, wait- 
 in->- for them, acecordiiiii' to appoinimcnt. Lieutenant 
 Moody kept u little back, at such a ilistaiice as not to liave 
 Ids iK'ison distinguished, yet so as to he within hearinu' ol 
 the e(aiversaiion thai pas.sed. His brother, and JA/r/- Ins 
 associate, on goiiin' up to Addi- n, found him apparently 
 I'nll of conrKleiiee, and in high spirits; and everything 
 seemed to jiromise sueeess. He L.ld tliein, that their plot 
 was perl'ectly ripe jnr execuiion ; that he had secured the 
 means of aihnissioii into liie most jirivate recesses of the 
 State-huuse, so that lie .should be able the next evening to 
 deliver to them the paper.s they were in (piest of. They, on 
 their jtarls, asMired him, that every necessary precaution had 
 been taken tu secure and expeilite their retreat ; and that 
 
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 r.o 
 
 NAIiHAl'ni", 
 
 tbi'V Imd with tlicm a sure friend, \vli() would wait tor tlicin 
 on tliat, side of iiiu river, wlio, as well as theiuselves, would 
 die hy his side, rather than desert him, should any disast('r 
 befal them. He replied, tliat tliey should find him as tine 
 and faithl'id to them and their cause, as they theiii>elves 
 eoiild jiossihly ))e. 80011 after they crossed the river 
 together to Philadelphia ; and it is probable that, on the 
 passau'e, Addison was f<n' the first time informed, that this 
 friend was Lieutenant Moody. "Whether it was tliis dis- 
 covery that put it first into his head, or whethrr lie had all 
 along intended it, jiid had already taken the necessary ])n- 
 vious steps, the Lieutenant cannot certainly say ; but he 
 assures himself, tiiat every generous-minded man will l)e 
 shoeked when he reads, that this periidiiais ureteh hail 
 either sold, or was aliout to sell them to tiie Congress, 
 
 As the precise time i;i which they should l)e alile to 
 execute their jilan could not be ascertained, it was agreed 
 that Lieutenant bloody .should remain at the Ferry-honse, 
 op)»osite to Phihidelphia, till they returned. On going into 
 the house, he told the mistress of it, by a convenient ecpiivo- 
 <'ation, that he was an oflicer or the Jemeij Brigade, as he 
 really was, though of that Jer.-ey Brigade which was in the 
 King's service. The woman understood him as speaking of 
 a rebel corps, which was also called the Jersey Bfig^nle. 
 To avoid notice, he pretended to be indis|)osed ; and, going 
 uj) stairs, he threw himseif ii[)on a bed, and here continued 
 to keep his room, but always awake, and always on the 
 watch. Next morning, about 11 o'clock, he saw a man 
 walk ha>tily up to the house, and overheard him tflling 
 
N.viiHATni:. 
 
 51 
 
 M.iiic pcisoi, 1„. „hh iit the door, iliat " there was the devil 
 to pay ill I'hihideii.iiiu ; that liiere iiad I.eeii a plul U, 
 break into the S(ate-hoii,>e, hut '■•u one of the j.artv h..d 
 betrayed the others; that two were ahvady taiveii ; and 
 that a parly oj'soloiers had jus! crossed tlie river witli him, 
 to seize tiieir header, who was said to he thereabouts." The, 
 Lieutenant felt liiinseif to he too nearly iiMerested in this 
 inteliio'enee, any h.nger to keep up liie appearance of a sick 
 '""" ; iuid, seizin.M- his pistols, lie instantly ran down stairs, 
 and made his escape. 
 
 He had not got a hnn ired yards fnaii I lie house wlien ho 
 saw tiie soldiers entir il. A Miiall piece of wood lay beibro 
 him, in which he iioped al lea>l |,) I,e out of sight ;"and lie 
 li.'ui sjirimg tlie fence in order to enter it. But it was 
 already lined iiy a party of liorse, wilii a vi(Mv of cutting olf 
 liis retreat. Tims surrounded, all hopes o( flight were in 
 vain ; and to seek for a hiding place, in u elear, open liehl, 
 seemed e(iiiaily useless. Drouning persons are said to eatcli 
 at straws ; with hardly a hope ,;f escaping .so much as a 
 moment longer undiscovered, he threw himself flat on his 
 face in a ditch, which yet seemed of all phics the least cal- 
 culated for concealment, lor it was witi t ww,U or shrubs, 
 
 and .so shallow, that a (piail juight he ?e<i, in it. Once 
 more he had reason to m.u'alize on the vanity of all human 
 
 contrivance and conlidence ; yet, as Providem rdered it, 
 
 the inii.robahility of the place proved the means of his 
 security. He had lain there iait a few minnfes, when six of 
 ills pursuers passed within ten feet of him, and very dili- 
 gently examined a thickety part of the ditch that was but a 
 
 Wii 
 
! 
 
 -V.VKKAlh K. 
 
 few piiccs from him. "Willi jiis j.i>t(ils cockcil, h,. kriii lii> 
 eye consdmlly on tluMii, dctcriiiiiiiii^;-. timf, us soon as lie 
 siiw IiimscU'to he diseoveml In any one of tliom, lie wonlii 
 instantly sprino- ^p^ mid sell Fiis life as dearly as mi-lit lie ; 
 iiiul, ivl'iisinir U> lie lakrii alive, prdvoke, and, il' |io»ililc, 
 foree them to kill him. Oner or tuiee he thoiioiit he saw 
 one uf the soldiers look at him, and he was on the jtoint of 
 sliootinu- the nam ; l.nl relkrtin.n- that jiossilily thoniih tlir 
 soldier did src, yd hr niidit have tlie imnianiiy not to 
 dhcovcr liini. as in.' would lain hojic was ivaliy the ease, 
 his lieart smote him for iiis rash resolution; and he 
 thanks God that lie was restiained from put tine it in 
 exeeulioM. 
 
 From the diteh they went all romid tlic adjacent Held : 
 1111(1, as Ljeniciiant .Moody sometimes a liitlf raised up his 
 iiead, ln' saw them liv(im'nt!y ruimimi' tlicir bayonets into 
 some small staeks of Indian eorn-foddcr. This suu'-ested to 
 liiiii an idea, tiiat if he could escape till iiiu'ht, a place they 
 liad already explored would lie the seenresi shelter for liim. 
 When night eanie, he got into one uf those stacks. The 
 wind was high, wliieh prevented the nistling of the leaves 
 of the lotkhT, as he entered, from being heard by the people 
 who were at that time pa>siiig dose by him intothe country, 
 in quest of him. His jiosilion in this retreat was wvy uii- 
 oomfortaide, lor he could neither sit nor lie down. Ii'i ihi-, 
 erect; posture, Imwever, he rcniiiined two i.iglus and two 
 day.s, without a morsel of food, for there was no corn on the 
 stacks, and, which was inlinilcly un)re intolerable, wUhout 
 drink. Jle must not relate, I'or reasons which niav be easilv 
 
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 ■N'.Uili.MIVK. ;-,;« 
 
 '"i.'i,ui,H.,|, ul.nt l„raiiio uf |,in, in,„K.,lial..ly afln- l.i> ,.,„„ii,- 
 ""I "f 'iii-^ iiiKMs.v j.nsoi, : Im,i h,. will v.Mitniv to i.ilonn ihe 
 '••-""Irr. lliMt, „N lliriirn, nidit ;iri(Tliis,.|u,MM,H-i,i IVon, ||„. 
 
 I'VlTV-ll.MJSC, he MM1V|„,1 th,. hnilks of lll(. DrlMUIIlV till 1,,, 
 
 '""' <'"\ii'""'l l^nuiic i,Tl ^w•(lluMMilll IhiiiI. Iiiln this 
 
 '"■.i'""in'<i ; an,i havino- w,-iil,.,hi liMh,. Iny lUv lid., of (loo.l, 
 
 "llM'il U-;|S M,.;,r, il.. |M|sh..l uli; ,nu| rouxl ;i .-OILsKhTllhlt' 
 
 WMvnp ih,. rivLT. (') Duni.n. ihis vu.vmuv he w;,s srvrnil 
 tinirs n.r..sl,.| !,v ,,,.,,,,1,; ,,,1 ili,. hmkt; IuiI, hMviii- olin, 
 '■'"""' ""'l"'''.'!!! nr,,i,ili„-„nMli.ai-h.ss:,ir. hc.iMh.MV.Miro.] 
 <" "iisw.T iii,.|i, in III,.],- „u„ ,v;iv ; ;in,| ivculh'cliiio' some of 
 
 tlu' less l.nh>he(l phlMSrs ul' I he u,.,,, |,,„|,,„ ,,|' ,|„, ,,,,,._ ,,,, 
 
 used them pretty liixTMliy ; um\ tiius un< .suli;.rr,l (,, ,',j,ss 
 oil iiiis„s,H.rted. In du,. lime l,e h.|| i,is I,,,,, ; ,,|„|, relyini.- 
 "" !'"• ••li'l <'!■ I-nynliMs, some of whoiu lie i<iieu- weiv eve^"- 
 whciv t.) !„■ IuiiihI, lie Hei:t iiiio ,•, ,,,ni „r thceoiiMli'v least 
 l<M"Wii l<, hmi, mikI liu. i,,,sl likrly \\,v Inin i„ have tlmu-hr 
 ul'; iiinl ill leiiulh, alie,' iijaiiv eireiiiloiis iiJMivlies. nil in (he 
 "i.u'lif, ami thrniiuh iiathless e.uifses, in ahoiit live .lavs, he 
 uii.'e mure arrival saf.' in X,.\v V,)rk. 
 
 Ail (h.'s,. ,.|r.wis Inr lile uere <li.ialr.|, it w.iiil.l s.Mmi, 
 '•illi''i' l»y iiislinet Ihaii ivas.Mi ; lor, .HviijaV.I as his mimi 
 lia.l Ihvm with his „u„ .hniHvr, an.l his .,un siillVTiiius, |„. 
 <Mii truly >ay, his n|.,.at,.>i umaMiicss was ,.11 a.r.Mnil .il' his 
 '"■'"''I'''. Tiuav wa^ not a ray ..f hup,. Hiat lie .-Mnl.! ..s.'apc, 
 "ii'l l''.-.S irpn»il,l,., ihat he would 1,,. par.lnn.Ml. ||,. was 
 
 <"'* "" ■"" 'I' '" l'liila,l,.I|,hi. : Tin. |,lnr,. (y,„n ul,i.li In- |,„rs,„.,s 
 
 fii'st Sill,. Mill ill s..inr)i „ri,im ; i.i,,! «lii,;h Ih. .■uncl,i,|,M| w,,„l,l ihrn.lun. 
 Ill' th.. liist in whicli thi'.v wmild In,,], (•,„■ iiim. 
 
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54 
 
 \.U!i:ative 
 
 (lie son ofliis old i,ov to ii must wortliy mid bcduvcd tliiiicr, 
 who luid hiiiiscdf bfi^n a soldi,.,', mid uiio lovvd mid hoiKMiivd 
 
 tin.' profession. Indfod iio w 
 
 iis rcmaikahle lor tlic sweet 
 
 IS a iiiosi aiiiialiif young man 
 
 ness ot his di>j)osition as for liis 
 
 uiidauiile<l iiitivpidity. Mxeellent youth ! Kvery feelii 
 
 lieai-t will loru-ivc the t 
 memory, l)y tliv sorrowii 
 
 ear \v 
 
 IIJIIUIII 
 
 whieli, a.' 
 
 iiiious death, in the ii3d year of his age ; t, 
 
 liieli is now diopped lo thy 
 
 )rother ! lie jierislied hy an 
 
 le news of 
 
 may naturally be supposed, well nigh brought tl 
 
 le 
 
 grey luurs of a veiieral)le fatl 
 
 It did not ii 
 
 ler with s(nTow to the urave. 
 
 liira, 
 
 Kleed mmiediately cost him his life, but it cost 
 
 what IS mure valuable — his r 
 
 easoii 
 
 Ilis fello\v-])risoner 
 
 (...,) 
 
 as also senteneed to deull 
 
 l)ut, on 
 
 maknig some pretended discover 
 
 es, of no consideraljh 
 
 moment, lie was reprieved. Lieutenant Moody is sensible it 
 e(aitains no mforniation that can interest tl 
 
 as he preserves it as a precious 
 <'very man who is a l)rotlier will f 
 tract or two (rum his brotl 
 
 le reader ; yet, 
 relic, he jjcrsuades himself 
 brgive his in-ertiug an e.\- 
 
 12, nsi. I 
 
 ei's last Icttei', dated Xovembc 
 
 I'oni ihe ^Vtvc (,'a,,/ I) 
 
 ittiiu'i. 
 
 II, Plidaddplua. 
 
 'Dear broth 
 
 Let 
 
 the fate of 
 
 me intreat you not (o grieve at mv f 
 
 my brother-soldier. Bet 
 
 itc, and 
 
 wc depended ri 
 
 with, wc won. tak 
 
 rayed bv tin., i 
 
 nan on whom 
 
 1 execiiti.. the plan proposed by Cai,tain lieek- 
 ■ en up as ..pit.y ,• and hav- been tried and con- 
 
 demned, and iire to die to marrow. I 
 
 a> r do. and J. 
 
 •inrelice .M; 
 
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 you IS. that, taki.i- n-aniiiii,' bv my fnh'. yoii will „„t horoafter 
 so often venture yourself out of the British lines. I an. in 
 irons; but, thanks to the Almighty. I still have tlie liberty of 
 thought an.1 speeeh. O ! nniy I make a goo.l use . . then,, and 
 be prei.areci, as I ought to l,.e, for eternity I Sentence has „ot 
 been passed on us above two hours, all whieh time T have 
 employed in prayer, as I will eontinue to do to the last 
 ■nonient; and. I bless (iod, I tVel .,uite cheerfnl .'•' 
 
 Liontenant Moo.ly nuiuot in justie,. close this plain and 
 "'•tless narrative, already sjuin out to too great a len-.th 
 without hearmg his public testimony, feeble as it mav be in' 
 favour ut; and returning his thanks, as ho now most c'ur- 
 'l>ailv does, to tho>e brave, loyal Aniencans, whom, tliou-1, 
 "1 the ranks only, he shall always think it the c-reatest 
 In.nonr of his life to liave comnianded in these expeditions 
 llioy were, in gvueral, men of some i.r,.pertv; and, without 
 a single exeeption, men of principle. They fought for what 
 appeared to be the true interest of their eounti'v as well ns 
 to regain their little plantations, an.l to live in peace iin.ler 
 a constitution, whicl. they knew bv experieiH^e to be aus- 
 I'leiuns to their happiiM'ss. Their conduet in their new ,.ro. 
 A'ssion, as soldi.'rs, verilies iheir ..haracter ; tliey have been 
 brav.., and they have been humane. Tlu^ir honestv and 
 iionour have been uniformly eouspicuoiis. It was a lirst 
 ITineipIe, in all their excursions, never to make war ao.ain.t 
 l"''^'"'' I'l'oporty; and this has been ivlin-iouslv observed 
 Nmie striking instances ul' their forbearance miyht be "-iveii 
 If necessary, even when they have been provoked to retaliate 
 '•y ])nvale wreiigs and personal iiisiilis. 
 
 
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 And hclV it oiln-ht t,, 1,|. liiL.lltioiK'd, with tJlO IlllllOSt 
 
 yratitiulu Mh(i piciisiii-c, tliMl, tlioiiuli Mr. Moody, in tlio 
 "•oni'su of liis advcntuirs, was ofti'ii obliu-cd to jjiit Ins lift; 
 iiit.j the Lands of tiic J;oyalists, in dillbmit parts oC thi- 
 ••onnlry. lie nwvv wms disappointed or deceived i)y any of 
 them, in the year 1777, he eonliinied anion-' tiieiu more 
 'li"i' 'lii'<'e iiioniiis at a time, and near as long in 1778. 
 lie knew their ehaiMetcrs, an.l .•nnld safely eonfide in tlieni. 
 They were men of sneh inlle.xihle atlaehnient to Uovormnent, 
 that no temptations eoiild iiidnee tliem to hotray tlieir trust'. 
 
 '^"''""'.^'' 'I'y "'■ l'i''iH "-i-iv re(hieed to indiu'enee and (lis- 
 
 tre.-s, and tiiey knew that almo.4 any price mi--lit i.e obtainc.i 
 for giving up so obnoxious a person, yet they were so far 
 fnmi betraying iiim, that tliey often ran -reat iiazards in 
 li-ivin- liim assistance. Surely .sncii merit as this is worlliv 
 of esteem and admiration ; and it i-, lunnbly iioped, that tlie 
 many thousands in the colonies wlio pussess it, will not be 
 deserted by Government, and eonsiuned over to ruin and 
 wretehediiess, without an absoliife iicccssi/i/. 
 
 It is with the utmost concern Mr. Mooily has heard of 
 tiie doubts and debates that iiave been a-italed in England 
 concerning the nuudjcr and the zeal of tlie Loyalists in 
 America. It miu'ht lie nncharilalile, and possibiv unjiist, 
 to say, liiat cxeryiuan who Jnis entertained such doubts, 
 has some sinister purposes to serve by them : but it would 
 be blindne-s in the extreme not to see, that they were lirst 
 i-aised by men who had otiier objeeis at heart than the 
 inierrsts of tlieir country. Men who jiave performed their 
 ..wn duly hrbly or falsely, naturally fCek to e.\eu.<e tiiem- 
 
 
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 M'lves l.y tl,.wi„jr tl,c l,l.,n,. uj,„n otluT.. I, „..,„|,| ji, 
 become an ub.,..uv iiMlivuhu,! i.. ui„n„le his u,,i„i„n „,„„. 
 "tl'ors; 1..U nny l,o„(.st uum nunj, aiul whcu he thinks it 
 w.-ild xTve his ,,..,nntry, ./..,/,/ ,,,,„, ,,|„f ,„. ,,,,^ ^^^,, 
 llie_"Ti(c.r(.l',|,isn;,m,Iiv,:h„s ahe.,ly disdaime-l nil .m- 
 onsions to any extnionlin.ry .1,.,,. ul' poliii,,,! sn..antv • 
 
 „V'' '"""""' ' ^^'"^^-l'^" «•"', .00, and ho oan h..;,,-' 
 
 liolia.siK.,1 more upportunitios than niu.t mo ' sooi 
 
 "'" '^arin^ the truo .lato orh.yallyin the mddic ^.A.^n.Z 
 "•"1 luMnost solemnly deehuv.s it tu be his uphhun, tliat a 
 ve.T great majority of the ponph. there a, v at, thi> lin.o 
 loyal, ami wonld .stiii do an.l snllor ahnust anvihi,,... n.ihor 
 tlK.un.ni.inumior the tyranny of thoirj.rosontfalors. L,t 
 
 butthe war ho nndortaia.u and oondnelod on some ;,/.. and 
 w.t , some spirit ; lot but oonunandors bo eraplovod \vho 
 
 wd oneonrage tiieir sorvieos, and leave them un.hT no an- 
 proheuMons of l,oin,u- deserted and botraved ; and then if 
 tl'L'V do not exorl thon,>elvos, and vorv ed'ootnallv lot 
 every advocate they have had, or may have, ho roprohatod 
 nsaloolora knave, or both tooother-and lot the Vmo- 
 neans euntnn.e to fool the worst pnnishment their worst 
 enennes can wish Ihom-nominal indepondonov. but roal 
 slavery. 
 
 Perhaps the honest in.li,o,,aiion of the Writer mav have 
 earned him too lar ; but on sneh a sul.joot, who, in )ns oir- 
 cumstancos, oonld spoak coolly, and with anv tempor? That, 
 IH' speak-,, only what he really thinks no man, who is 
 acquau.ted with him. will donbi ; and if, after all h.. i. 
 iiH.lakon. h,. orrs with n.oro and hotter opportunitio,. of hoin<.- 
 
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 right, llniii alinnsl un.v mlier person Ims cvlt liad. 11. • lia^ 
 givoii the strongest i)r(Hits ot'liis sinccriiy ; lie iias sacrirunl 
 his all ; and, liltlu as it may Im. thoiiglit Ijy others, il was 
 fiioiigh tor him, and lie was eoiileiited with it. lie nia(l(> 
 tills saeriliee, Ixraiise lie sincerely Ijeiievetl wlial lie deehiivs 
 and prol'esses. If the same were to do over again, he wmild 
 again as eheerf'iiily make the same saeriliee. lie Irnsis, 
 therefore, it will not he deemed iu'esiimptiioiis in him to say, 
 tliat he eaimot (h'eeiitly be eontradieted in these mutieis 
 by any man, who lias neither had such opportiiiiilies of 
 inforiniiig his judgment, nor given .siieh nneqiiivoeiil proofs 
 of his sineerity. Tlu; Writer has certainly no bye-ends to 
 serve ; he is not an ambitions man, nor avaricious. The 
 profession of arms is foreign from tiic habits of one who has 
 lived, and wishes only to live, in (piiet, under his own vine 
 and his own lig-tree ; and he eaii truly say, that, if his 
 Sovereign should be graciously jilea.^ed to confer on him 
 the highest militarv lumours, he would most uladlv forco 
 them all to be once more re-iiistatod .hi his own farm, with 
 his wife and children around him, as he was seven veais 
 
 lie has hitherto received but a very trifling compeiisation' 
 
 * During tlio lii'st yaw lie ^.el•v(■(l for nuthiiig, not huving tlie lou.st 
 tliouglit of liecoining a soldier, or tlui least doubt of General Howe's 
 suppressing tlio rebellion long before the end of it. In the .seeond, third 
 and fourth, he received pay as Ensign: and in the lifth, as Liciitonant. 
 Beside his pay, upon his taking the lirst mail, lie received one humlred 
 guineas, which he divided e(|ually with his three as-ociates. lTp,,n his 
 taking the second mail, he received two hundred guiuea.s, one hundred 
 
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 for liis MTviccs Mini Mlll('lilii;s ; iilnl lie looks I'of lio iiioru 
 tlitiu will (Vcc him rnnu imliuTiicc, iiml I'lmlilo liiiii more 
 efrcctmilly tn serve liis eoiiiitry. In eiilistiiiL:' iiiid \M\\u'i 
 iiu'ii for luihlic scrvicos, lie has cxiieiideil what wa« saved 
 iroin llie wreek of Ids own forlniie to a conslderalde 
 iiniount, iihd he was redneed to the neci ssity of liorrowiuf,' 
 from those, whose better (•irenn)>tiinees enal)led tlieni, and 
 whose generons >iiirits disponed ilieni, to haziinl sonietliinu,- 
 ill the eau>e of their (.'onnlry. This nuiy he called 
 etilliusinsm; he ii so.— Mr. Moody will not ooiieea! his 
 wish, that liie world abounded with such cnthusia>ts. Not 
 his fortune only, bnl his ciiii>ti(ulion, ha> lieeu uivaily 
 iniiiaired by the exertions he iias made. His physicians 
 recommended a .<ea-voya,uv, a chanu'c of air, and a I'ojtitc 
 of iii.s fatiu'iie.s and anxiety of mind, as the oidy romedies 
 left iiini ; and the lale Conunaudcr in Chief, Sir lleni'v 
 Clinton, (_2.j was pleased to .second their recomniendaiion, 
 by politely inviiin.u; hiiu to Kn,L;iand. He acknowledges, 
 with ,ui':itilude, that lliei'- kind intentions with reo-ard to his 
 health have not been wholly I'riisti'ated. He trusts lie 
 shall soon be able, and he would I'cjoice to be callcfl 
 by the se.rrke, to return to Ann rica. lie would go wiih 
 recruited spirits, and unabated aniour ; for, rather li.an 
 
 
 of wliich was liir liimsulf. .\ii(i li'iis was tlit- wluilc of \slial lie ov.t 
 reci;i\c(l— c.Ncupt lliiitygiiiiicas iiUvanrpd Kj liirii liy Gfiieral nobfrlMiii, 
 in onlcr to tit liiin dut for tlio oApodifion for tlie taking of (Jovfriior 
 Livingston. Ho doi-s not mention twenty two ^oiineas he lia.s received 
 liere in l';nglaiid. l)eeanso lliat was merely to i)a\ a bill of rluufres 
 incurred in one of liis expeditions. 
 
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 outlive (lie irci'doiii of liis uoiiiitry, it is liis rcsdliiliini, with 
 Kiiiu' ^Vil!i;llll (if uiorioiis hiciikut, even / ilic in the 
 last dllch. 
 
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 The foll,i\viiiL' Ci rf Illicit,. % srlectcil iVum n uTcat nuinlKT of 
 otiic'is ill (lie Atilhor"-. I'osscs>i()ii, aiv iuvmiiucmI Io be siillicii'iit, 
 to o^tiiblisli tla' truth of liis Adrivfhr. 
 
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 TlioKvciits fcliitcd in tlic Injldwini:' Xarrulivc ai't' sn vci'v 
 oxli'iinnliiiiii'y, tlial many (icnilciiicii, wiio arc uiui('(iiiaint((l 
 with tlic coiiiitry, and witl, tlic scvcfal ciiviiin^lanci's, luiglil 
 (loiilit (illlic ti'iilii III' thcin. i liiiiik it tiid'cfdiv a iiicce ut' 
 justice (iiir til till' iiiiM'it 111' Mv. .MiHiily's sri'vii'i's. to ilci'hin', 
 tiiat I iiciii'Vc this Xarrativc tn h,' a tnn; aiTniinl i-f liis 
 proci'cdiiigs. 
 
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 T do lici'..I,y (•(.rliiy, lliiil ".Mr. James M l_v came Avitliiir 
 
 tlic P>ritisli lilies in A|iril U'T, nnd lirong-ln in witli liiiii 
 tipu-nrd-- nf seventy men, mII of wlioni, except fonr, enlored 
 into inv liri^nile : 'I'liat in June fnliowinu', lie was >ent into 
 tlie reliel eoiintnv for the i.iirjx.so of enlistiim' men for lii.s 
 Majesty's service, witli orders to eontiime lliere nntii a 
 fnvoiirahle op])ortnnity oflered for liiiii to disarm the rebels, 
 and arip the h)ynli^ts, and, with what men ho eouM eollee!, 
 to join the Ifoyal army; liut lie was prevented from puttiiiir 
 tliat jihin into ex.cntion, hy onr army's tal^inu- a (h'lTerent 
 route from what was e.\prel(d : That Mr. Moody, lieiiij;- 
 thus disappointed, assisted by two u\' his neidihoiirs, .soon 
 after embodied about an hundivd men, with wlioni lie 
 attempted In join llie F)ritish army, but was nnsiiece.v>.ful ; 
 'I'iiat afterwards lie made two siiece>sfnl exeiirsions into the 
 rebel country, ami broiiuin with him from Sussex Count v 
 alioiit sixty able-boda-.l rccruiis, nearly all of whom entered 
 into my biipnle : That, after this time, he made maay trijis 
 into New Jei-M'y and I'eim-ylvania, and liroiiuhi jn with 
 him many good nii'ii, and .uaincd many articles of impoitaiiL 
 
 intelligence, concerning the movements of Col 1 Bnilcr, 
 
 tiic real slate of the ivbcl cr.uniry, the siliiatioii and con- 
 (iition nf the rebel armies under the eonimaiid of iheir 
 (ieiiei'aN \\'a--hing1on, Siillisan. .Vc.: And, tli;it while Mr. 
 .Moody was under my imniidiatc direction, he also dcstroveil 
 a ci'iiMiieralile magazine uf stores near Black I'oiiit, takin- 
 
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 prisonors two Colnnols, nno Mnjnr, mid soTcnil otlior ofliccis, 
 niul hrokc oiicu the Sussex Coiiiitx jnil, rcscuinj;- u iiuiiiher 
 of loyalists tlial were iiiiiiriM)Mi(l in it, 0:10 of wliom was 
 under st'iitencc of deiiiii : boides iierfuniiiiig mail}' u'her 
 iuijxiruiiit services. 
 
 I ilo also eerlify, tiiat, in the niuiilii of October 1777, ino 
 said Mr. Moody was iinislered as an Knsiiiii, bnt received 
 no pay as sneh till April 177« : Tliat he coniinned his ex- 
 ertions under my direction till 1 7S0, about which lime he 
 was taken tV-ui the reuinient. which prevented his l)ciii<'- 
 ajipoinled to a company in ii, as it wa^ in pMieral bi iieved 
 the Commander in Cliief intended doinn- someijiinu' itctter 
 for him : That i have every reason to ix-iieve Mr. Moody 
 
 received notlnnii' from ,i:ovcr nt to reward iiim (or his 
 
 e.N'traoi'dinary sei'vices, or to indcnnufy liini for his extra- 
 ordinary expences, till 1780: That from the time of his 
 joining the army in April 1777, till his departure for Kurope 
 in May 17S:>, he did. upon every occasion, exei't, himself 
 with the ulnmst zeal in support of his iMajcstv's cause in 
 America : And, on the whole, that 1 believe all that is 
 reialed in ids printed Narrative to be true, without oxmx- 
 
 
 
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 Tdo lierohy certify, fluit (lurino. tlic limn I was Coiii- 
 niaiHlaiit of Now Yorl<, Mr. ,I„ues Moody went sundry 
 times into tlie reltei eonntry, to gain iutcliiuence of tlie 
 Rtuitiou and eircinnstaneesof ti.e rebels : Tliat at one time 
 iie wa^ al.srni luv weei<s in different parts of Pennsylvania 
 and Xew Jei'sey ; and hronglit authentic and full informa- 
 tion of the situation and res,..nn'es of the several detaeh- 
 nicnls „f the rebel army under tlio eomnn.nd of the Generals 
 Wavhino-ton and Gates, in the yar ITT'.I, an,l the prospect 
 the rel..ls had at that lime of pPTurin- a luan Irom 
 France. 
 
 TImt in eacli of his excursions lie (ii.tained, and re-ularly 
 reported to me, very accurate information of the re))el 
 country, and ai)peared to Ik- very zealous and attentive in 
 promoting his .Alajesty's service ; and from the knowledo-c I 
 have ol' Ids 
 
 services and sufferings, I c, 
 
 iinnot but reconnucnd 
 
 liiiii as a person ulio merits encouragement and support 
 from liie ISritisli (iovei'iinient. 
 
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 Major General. 
 
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 Xfw York, May lltli, n82. 
 Lieutenant James Mmuly, of tliu lirst batalliui. nf Bn»'a- 
 dior (ieneral ykiuner's Ungade of IVoviiu-ial troops, liavhig- 
 ai)i)lie(l to me fur a Certificate of some partieular service! 
 \vl:ieli III! lias rendered in America ; and wl.ieli, from tlieir 
 Imving been attempted and in a great measure exeeiit...] 
 dm-ing General Knyplaln.^en's liaving tlie command witliin 
 tljis district, I feel niucli sati>faction in complyino- with the 
 request uf this Gentleman, and in expressing that Lieutenant 
 Moody, in two instances in particular, conducted two small 
 parties, one to Jersey and the other to Pijiladelphia, with 
 much personal risk, great si>irit, and good conduct : and I 
 ever found him desirous of manifest ing his zeal for the good 
 of the King's service. 
 
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 .Afajor ill the Army, 
 Aid-de-Camp to In's Excellency, 
 
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 Nuw York, Miiy lOtli, 1782. 
 By serving in (liffcrciit public doi)artin(,Mit.s in t,!ie army in 
 Nortii Amurica, inuler tiie conunund of liis Kx-rlloncy Sir 
 Henry Clinton, I Inive luul opiiortimities of knowing- of 
 several military exploits, very essential and contributory to 
 bis Majesty's service, being performed by Lieutenant James 
 Moody, of the Provincial corj)s, called the First Batallion 
 of New Jersey Volunteers, in tlie execution of wliicli, lie 
 not only underwent the most severe hardships, but encoun- 
 tered almost every possible risque of his life, as well from 
 these hardships (whicli naturally affected his constitution), 
 as from the enemy. He liowever persevered, in denance of 
 every obstacic, with such an ardour and resolution, as 
 plainly evinced an uncommon zeal and attachment to' his 
 King and Country. 
 
 STEP. P. AD YE, 
 
 D. Judge Advocate. 
 
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 I, tho Sul^riber, ,lu linvby crtify, Tli.t sl.urllv at„.r 
 
 Alajor (i..M.n.l I'aUi.son was appointed Con„..aada.,l ..V X.u- 
 
 Vork,a,ul I was ..niployo.l as Ins S.nHary, IJeutenant 
 
 .Ian.c.,sMoo.|y,ur,he F,,., Ha.allio,,, New .Jors.y Volnn- 
 
 tec.^sJnn.n,• ,vf„n,.d fVun, ,1a.. c.,.„ut,,- wluMV lu, Im.i h,...,, 
 e..ga;.e,l iu ,.ol|,..,i„. iMU.|Iijr..n.r, ^,... .,.,„,,,,, ,f „ 
 
 ommandant's Offi,.., and c.o,„uu,Mi..a.,.d >o „,., fo,. ,1.. i 
 
 toriiiaii 
 
 i'""i' "MJ(..„.nd I'uttisoi,, a varictv ..f a,.,-. 
 
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 >t'l army, Sic. wliicli I lai,i 
 
 live f(. tlic sitiiatjoi ,,(' flic iv\ 
 l'<'f"iv the (Jciicrai. 
 
 ^Von, tlHs ,i„H. an intiM.ary ,.o,una.,,ml iH.twm.as ; and 
 Mr. M..udy afterwards, previonsly and ..unlidenliallv ....n- 
 su ted me .a, the praetical.ili,y of several excnrsim.s, lie 
 M'f-n.led ,.. nnda. in the rebel country ; and parti..niarlv 
 
 ^vi'lM'espeettolM-s intention to make Oovrnor I.ivi ..on 
 
 "'"''"""■'■■ ^'^■"•i" J^l'i^"'-i'-feashtoearrvint,rexe 
 
 ;■"""" ^:"'«^"''"i''' '• -rviee, 1 oli;.red to snppi; hin, wi, „ 
 •»n,ty-f,ve^nineas tor ,1ns p„rp„se, and ,o l.e his seenritv 
 '"■"^ '""•'•"^^- •■" '■""■'•'■>, a hn^oer snn,, it beinu' out of .nN- 
 l'-wn- to adva,H.e moiv ; l,nl iH.in. snpplied with monev I.;- 
 IMS I'A-eelieney Lieutenant (Jeneral Hoiiertson (■.) |,e'w,s 
 
 ;:"f' '^'' ^-^ ='^ ""f "ifl t iHv assistane... M,.. M,,,,,,,-. 
 
 ";'"'^ '" ^'''^ "" 1""" — in,., of i,isp,n,vl,ein. 
 
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 ;iii(l Willi iliiliciilty Mr. MiHiily cscnpoil fulliiiL,' iiilo his 
 1i:iii(In : liut was iil'ici wards iinrnrliinalcly taken liy a parly 
 ol' I'clicjs. and ciirricd to tlio iirovost-u'iiard at Mr. Wasli- 
 inM-lon's Head (Jiiarlcrs, where he was e(iii}iiiod, and {'mm 
 wlienee JM' made liis escape, and ictiirned U> Xew Vnii<. 
 
 •^''■- -^I I\ id'lerwiirds iiia(h' variniis exenrsions into tlie 
 
 <''Mintry, and many miles withuiii ihe Mritisli lines; look 
 >: voral rcliel mails, containinu' intellie-enfe of otom' import- 
 iineo, and hroii^i t them safe to New York. In these ex- 
 cursions he rMiiiiTeal riscpies of Calh!!';' into the hands nl'tho 
 rel)eN, and his ieallli was mneh exposed Cnim Ivini;' manv 
 ii'u'lds and days in woods and swanii)S i,i avoid a discovery. 
 Ill these excursions, Mr. .Mondv diM'en'ar(h'd either tho 
 scasdiis, tlie l'alii),'iie, ,i I'le risfpies he run. 
 
 And on the whole of his coinhict. I jiave every reascai to 
 iieiieve him entirely disiutereslcd. anil actuated only hy that 
 zeal for his ^fajesty's sei'vice which he has on everv occasion 
 ,.\hii.;;-d— From .Mr. Mooily's declaration, and other evi- 
 
 <lcnce, I have everv rea<on t,, hcjieve, that tin nipensa- 
 
 tinns he has from time to time received, were liv n<i menns. 
 :r!e(|nate lo ihe expcnces incurred nn these occasions. .And 
 I know that Mr. Mnody has, at his dwii exjience and credit, 
 
 snpi'orted those, whose health I'r n parlieipatiun of toil 
 
 ;;:id 1,-iliune with him. en these exeni'Mun-. have liei n im- 
 p !ir((l. 
 
 .lOIJ.X 1,. ('. noo.MK, 
 
 Su'ivlaiT to Majiir (Ji nirai ratiisoii, 
 la!(. ('omii'andanl n| Xiu V.irk, \'c. 
 
 
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 ■' Hxtnicr .,r II LotttT fniiii the |{,.v. Mr, /h-oir,,. ( m v.tv 
 re.spectiiblc Clcixviiiiiii of Nrw .Icivcy. nuv in New V,,rk ) 
 to the Iti'v. Dr. ChaiKDcr, dalcil M,iy luili, l"Si). 
 
 " Vdu will iv.civ,. .M, M,„,(|y as my particular t'riciKJ, 
 aii.l as one hm.sI lirmly tarlird tu liis Majosty, and tlip 
 ciistitiitioii l.oili in HiiircL aixl state. 11,. has hoth done 
 and sufli'rcd uivai thiniis from a priiifijilc of idjalfy. Von 
 may giv.. full .-rclif i„ all h.. says, ami if ho tells vou some 
 tliii.-s .seemingly inere,lil,le, still you are in l.elieve liim. 
 He is honest, soi.er and lirm— m^ver intinadaled hy danger, 
 ami of iindeviating jirohity and liomiur." 
 
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 " H.xtract of a (setter from the liw. I»r. J,>olis,{„) Heetor 
 of New York, to the same person, dated May 1 Irli, I'S^. 
 
 " Mr. Moody is one of the most active partizans we 
 liiive, and perhaps lias run nn)re risipie than iuiy other man 
 during the war. He has brought in three rebel mails, aud 
 has often been in tliegreates' perils among false brethren. 
 The history of his adventures will entertain aud astonish 
 you He goes home at Sir Henry Clinton's desire, who 
 
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 In jiistkr In Mr. .Mon.ly, I tl.iiik it my duty to (umisl, 
 liiiii witli the iiliove cilnidx. 
 
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 '"i|itinv,l .„, Siali'ii ■ l(,i,| „,,l, alM.ut i,,r V ,,i hi, „„.„. ,.,ri,l 
 
 ■••111 to \fu .k-rsi.y, .,,,,1 ul„. ivliiv.l to Nova Smiia alh.T tia' 
 war, wlu'iv lie iUimI al>oiit ilie yoar l7:io 
 
 h>. Wii.inM ill iTiii.vsuN ua>. ill !,-• Captaiii-LieiKviianf of 
 till- First Hattalioii „tN, > .K-isiv Volmilfers. AfUT tia. war 
 lie rot-eived hall'i-ay, and lived lor a while in New iiruiiswiek. 
 He subseqiieutlv moved to Upi-er Caiuid... and die.l there. 
 
 (.I- >^ii: Wii.i.iAM H,,\VK was bmn aliout the year 172n. II, 
 wa> aiiiM.iiUed lj.Mit,-C,,l,,nil in [",7. He served in the e\|„. 
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 ^ir •I..I111. .><ii' William, ami t'ol. (luy .lolmsoii. ami follow,,! 
 tl.i'ir j.olilic'il foi'iuiu's. At til., hrcakinu- out of lio>filiti.'.. in 
 III.' ('..Liiiit's, li,. ,.,,iiiiiiaii,|,.,| a I'.'iiiim.jii ,,f \\.n York niiliti.'i, 
 .■ui.l took at oiict' an a.tivi. ,iart for tlu. Kin- H,. ,„a,U. him- 
 sclfinfainoiis for the ,U'v,U of rai.iii,. ami niiinli.r ooimnitt^.d 
 l.> liini ami hi. ,■„,',„. n,. „,,. ,„ ,1,,. m.„„„,,,. „,' Wvoinin.'. 
 « luTc ho .'oniinan.k'.l UKKi incariial.' lionds. whose brntaliu 
 ami hhiodthirstiiK-N u a- almost iiiipai'alh'l,',!. At tlic roslora- 
 '■"'1' "Ip'-M.'c. ho w,'iit lo IpiKr Cana.la, wli.'i',. In- still r, - 
 •i'ie.l ill I7IM1. II,. „,.,s vv.'ll r,.uanl...l i,v tlu' Kin^- tWr hi. 
 I'l-vices, i'e.'..ivii,^ il„. Ai;eiM.> .,f Imli,.,,, Atfaii-s, hosido. a 
 
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 ''"" •^■■""I> """I-. ^vIhiv il,..y wrr,. i,,in,Mll,v ,, ,n,,'ill ,1.- 
 
 ';■"■'"'"■"• "I' '"I n.'n'In,,-, ,v;./,n...nt <,f N.Mv .U;:ry \ ..Un.Wvy.. 
 "■'"" "''-•"-•'■'li'^ |'r.«,v<l,.,| r.,tl„. (Int. ahoiit lour niil.'s .liJ 
 '■■""• '"" ''^ ""■ »ii"l l'l''H- v..n |,.,p|, ||„. |„,,|. iliMf wm- 
 I'r-'M.I.Ml ,li,| M,,t ,.,„n..u|., an.l tlaa mtiv oMi^v,! to ,■,.,„,,, ,,. 
 ""■ l.iul'l lloMM.. (.n tin. Kitlu l„.inu- r.M.lv to ,.n,s. (!,.■( iiii 
 II «M< M^iv.Ml l,v tl,.. ,,,,rtv. tl,,.,i l.i.nt. (HoTson. ul,o wn^ i,..,-- 
 I«'«'ll.v .■ir,|MMii,ti..l will, tlu. ..onnlrv. -l,oul,| .jv.. ,|H.,n .liivr- 
 tNMs. Tlicv .•mIv.miic.mI iiii,li>,.o\,.|V(l with liftvMs men .,, i',,,. 
 •■i-i'Vnion F,,|K, ,,lM,m i.ii milrs from tlio liin.liiijr. whriv tl„\ 
 '"•'"'"' .i"~' ••'" ""■'I'O- l'i'"l^''. iKMi- II,.. r,.|K.l lM.,„l,|„,-,rt..r. ..ii 
 tli>' liiick oI'iIh. town ; I, lit iK^t kiK.uiiii. i|.,. I <„,.,, uJMiv t|„ir 
 
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 I">MM-. ,,t tlu. .,,nH. liin... C,.,,,!,,!!, 1I;,N,1,.„. of („.|ut;,I Skin- 
 
 iiors |.nMv...K.l to i|„. hoi,-,, of Mr. M, Kninhi, ,, i;,,|,.| (.,,|,. 
 
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 '•■'"'• ■'■!"• 'Ill'-'-' I'.'ii'ti'- r,.,i,K. m.;,rl,N at II,.. .am,, lii,,.. |,, U,,. 
 
 I'l.'i'v uh.r.. tl,.. ,„aiii i.„anl of the jid.i.js wa. k^.pt, hm mi,,. 
 
 "1 il".m. il„.v h..iiiM.,,i, aM.,„it. Tlu.y ma.l,.Co|. H.-mlri.kM,,, 
 
 l.i.'tit.-Col. Wikoll; Capt-. Sha.lwirk ai„l M-Kni.hl. u ;th 
 
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 wlicii tlK-v |„.,.,n| ilu. Ciiiiaiii ,.f il,,. I;,.!,,-], ,l,.cl,iiv. lliaf lie 
 
 WtiiiM -iv,. ilicin iiiiitiT. an,! .,„,n iiflcr \w vvcvtwd iw,. 
 
 M\s: ii|mi, hiv i,,lliiio. ili,-\,,|,int,.vr,-. .■I,ar-fil with il,..ir |,av,. 
 lifts. van,|iii>lu.,| til,. ivl.ol>, and f,.ok |H,s>usM,.n „ttlif uroiiii,! 
 wlu'ivtlio (loud and W(,iii„k.,l lay. Wliwi tlicy had (■ros>rd 
 l!n' riv,.T. thcv ,jh>,Tvo(i a man with a lla^ ridiii:;- d,.wn I'n.ni 
 tlic i-clifjs. wh,i a^-kfd iionnissi.iii t,. canw ,,ir t ho doad and 
 wouiidc.d, V l,i,di wa.. iniiiK.<Iiat.dy -r.,,,, ,,|, -I'l,,. „|.,„ „.;,,, 
 ""■''•'" iiirnr)n..d til, •in tliat ih,. vlndf „t' tii,.ir |,ai1y wl„, 
 woiv i.n,ii'a-cd. woiv kill,.,! ,„. w,,iin,l,.,|. Thry r..tiini..d to 
 Sandy-ll,.,d< thf sain,, cvrnin- with lln-ir pris,,nof>, and a 
 Mi'.'nitity of livi. st,M-k. iV,-. TIh- naiiK.s ,1' iju' liftoeii wh.u.,,- 
 ;i-;i,i;-i.<l ih,. i\h,.|s ar,. as liilh.ws: 
 
 Cjilitain .">aniiu.l Ilayih n. I.i.iii 
 lln.inas ()k,.r-.,,n. IJontcnaiit llnt.-iiinson. Kiisi-n .M,„„l\. r,,.>t 
 I'.'i'lallinn (iciH.fal Skinn,.r\: l.i.-ii!. J„l,n nu^kirk. ,,r (nl,,,,,.] 
 liilZ'.ina's; livr |.iivatos ,,|' (;..|,. Skii,,i,.rV : lu,, >aih,r> and 
 .•1 I'o.xswain of ,„,.. ,,(■ th,. In.at-: Mar|di..l Tayl,,,-. William 
 • iilli.-in. .hdiii W ,iiild,.y. viiliint, .i--. 
 
 Ill th,. .•n-aiivmcnt. on,. ,,ili,.,.|. and tu,. |, rival,- ,,r ih,. 
 \..|iiiili.(,.rs w,.|-,. >\ iiiindi.i|." 
 
 l{iri„nlons Ho,,,,/ Hazilli'. If,,!!,,.,,!,,!,. ./,n,i IC. 177;,. 
 
 (..). .Ma.ioi;.(;i:x, .1,,,,, Si i.i.n a.-, th.. chhst .,,1, ,,f an lri>h 
 ••mi^T.'ini. w!H,M.ti!,.,i in Massa,di is,.tls ah,,m th,. v..ai- I?-.':; 
 w;- h,,n, in tl„. var 17! I. and u a^ at Ih-t a lanm.r,' ainl alUT- 
 ward- -tii,li,.,| law in N.w llaiiips|,i,.,.. I,, |;-| |„. „„^ ,, 
 ""■'"'"■l' "l''l"' 1-t Con^r,..^. ua^a|.|,oiut,.,l I ;n::adi,.r-(;..n, ral 
 
 ill 177."), ami c.minamhd at \Vini,r Hill, la.ar |!,,> ..(uy 
 
 ""' ''■■"ll.'oi |;„nk,|- Mill. In .In,;,., 1771;, h,. .i,|M.,-.,.,|,.,| A,' 
 
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 >i"M "i rumuund in Caiuula. ;n„l ,,„ tl,.- \,nU „r Au-n>l fuHuw- 
 iiig was promoted to tlic rank otMajor-d.non.l. lie .suem-!- 
 C(l (icM!. (JroiMio in (•on:ni,.uul of tin- division of tlio .\n,.>ric,,r 
 Army on I.on.u' Island, and wa. tak... prisoner in the Imttk- of 
 the 27tl, of Auuust following'. In \ovemborl,c was exclninfro.l 
 tor the English (feiic'ral I'resoott. an<l in An«ust, 1777 lie oxt- 
 nitod an expedition a.-ainst Staten Island. In Scptend.er and 
 <'.f..l.er he took part, i,, the battles of Hrandvwine and (ier- 
 n.antown, and in 177il was detache.l to Rhode Island In 
 InU he was sent to Western Xew York to chastise the Six- 
 Nations, a duty which he successfully accomplished, an.l then 
 resigned his command, lie resumd the ].raetice of the law. 
 and was a member of the convention that formed the State 
 Constitution of Xcu- Ilampsliire. In 1785 lie was a member 
 ot ("onaress, for the three yar. followiiiir; was President of 
 tho State, and in October. I7H!I. was appointed District Jud-e 
 He died .at his seat in Durham. X, II.. .lauuary ■2:\. !7!t.-,.'at 
 the aire of ')4 ve;irs. 
 
 
 (^). tiKN. iloi.'ATio (i-i!.;s was .-I native of Ena-land. and was 
 '""•I. in 17i'7. lie enlerci the Itritisl, service in c.arlv life, and 
 '■" ' '" "''■ '•"'l< "I' ^':U"i'- II'' W.MS .-lid to Cell. Monckton at 
 !iie capture of Martini, ■<>. and w.as with Itr.iddock .at his dcf,;]! 
 iii 17.V5. At the cl,,M. ,,f ih.at war he settled in Viraini,-i. 
 where h.' roided till the co.nnie'U'enu.nt ,,f the rev.,hition in 
 1775. when he received from Con-ress the ap[.ointment of 
 .\d.iut;nit-(;encral. and accompanied (ieiicr.al Washington to 
 ( 'M.nhri.l-e. In -luue. I 77(!. he w,-is .Md vaiiccd to the comman.l 
 "f ll'-' Arni\ 111 Cin.a.la. Cciicral S,-hnyl,.r siiccce.led him ,-, 
 
 '''■"■ ' "'-^ i'l '""• I'lii ill Aiiaust Ic:. ivMimel his station, and 
 
 ill tile following October revived the hope, of his country, and 
 
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 nvcTtiiiTu tl,o>,. .,rtlu.. liritisl, l,v il,.. ,.apt,u- uf l!i.,-ov,u.nn,l 
 Ills .•irinv. Ill .liiiu., i7.s(i, 1,^. w;is apiHiinlod to the .•.".iiiiiiaii.l 
 of tlR. SoiitlKTii (le]iarf.iK.iit, liui iK'iii- soon nttor defeated l.v 
 Connvulli.s ut Caiiidon, was in conscineiice supei-sedid l,y 
 General Grceno. He was restored to Ids (•(.mniaiid in 1782. 
 Atter tlie tcrndnation ol' the uar lie resided on Ids tarni in 
 Virginia until ITlMi. whoa he moved to New Voik. an<l died 
 there in ISiKi at tlie age of 77. 
 
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 (-). Wii.i.iA.M Livix,.sT...v was the son of I'liijip Livingston, 
 and was de.seended from a Scotcli family, imd horn in Albans, 
 X. v., in November, 17l';J. At the age of 1-1- he entered Yah' 
 College, and graduated at that institution in 1741, with the 
 Inghest honors. After leaving ,.„lIego he .•omineneed the 
 study of tlie law. in 1748 was admitted to the b.-.r. and soon 
 rose to emine.i.'e in his profession. .Uter his removal to New 
 Jer.sey. he was eh. .sen .-i memher of the tirst Congi-ess in 1774, 
 having previously signalized him-elf by his wrhinos a-aiiist 
 the eiicroa.'hments ,,f IJriiain. ( »n the dep<,sition ,,f WUliam 
 Franklin and tlie formation of a new Constitution, he was 
 cle.'ted (iovernornf Xe« -lersey. and continued in tiie ollioe 
 till his death. He was a delegate to tii« wr.venti.m whieh 
 forme.l the Constitution of the I'nited !«HMles. ;u„l was one of 
 its most able members. He was plain and simple in his habits, 
 and uno.stentatious in bis manners. Ile.sides his political 
 writings, he was the author of some essays n|Km miseellane.nrs 
 toi)ies. and a pocni on the '• Choice of a iiinal Life." He died 
 at his seat in Kli/.al.ethlowii. \. .!., .lulv L>:itb iriai ,it the a-v 
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 The lull„wiM- rxtnin isliiluni IV.na n Irtin- r,.c,.ive,l by „ -..nllonmii 
 111 Morn, r,nv]| r,,,!!, hi. ivi,.,,,! i,, Siivsrx CMuity. 
 
 "Oil SuihImv nnn'iiiiii: tlic 4tli |.lnin.| instiint. alM.nr (mic 
 o'clock. Major Hoops Iniviii- ivasoii to lit'lii.vo that disafl'ccted 
 persons uciv ill Ills M,.i-|||,„iirli<,o(!. discovered a tV.ii,,w in 
 coinpaiiv with a uoniaii near I, is h(nisi.; ]„. iniinediatelv ,|nes- 
 tioned tiicMi; the w.nnaii prevariciited. and the man hesiiatiii- 
 111 Ins answers, u-ave him snspjcions ; upon wiiicii lie desir.d 
 them to walk into tlie honsc, tliat lie iiiii;lit he fnllv assured 
 of what tlu'V told him. .Major Hoops ,,n liis way t,, ih,. hous,. 
 lookiii- round, lonnd tlie man rniuii:,;.- away ; ho pursued ainl 
 took him, not without wonndin- tiie Tdlow throno-h the arm. 
 with a small sword, npon scci,,- a cocked pistol in his hand- 
 lie was diseov^.red t,, !„■ a I.fvy soldi, .r in his rcfjimeiitals, 
 lich.n-in- to the corps olMcrsry Volunteers: on hrinoan- him 
 to the li-ht. the Major pres^-nted ,aie of the pi.stol.s he had 
 tMkeii from him lo his head, and resolntcdy declared he would 
 put him to death if he did not inf.u-ni him of his drsi-ns in 
 coming- lo Ihis pari of ihr eouiitry. He said that ahout three 
 
 week- auo he caiuv out wilh l.iont. .Moody, and ; iher, from 
 
 New Vork, who had received insiriic!ions fr.uii (ieiienil Knv- 
 I'iiauseii. hnt lie kept them secret; only hintiii;.;' that he was 
 lo lake some person oil' u ithin two miles of Morris-Town, hut 
 finilinp- that he was not at lionir, nor wduld he livforethe loth 
 of this month, they came up here in <iriler to |>ass their lime 
 Mway lill the person ivliiriied: That he had left Moody in the 
 road near the Moravian Mills; that he had lihertyto-o loliis 
 uncle'-, one Matthew l.owivy, where he was then iioin^r had 
 mil .Major Hoops disappoinled him: and that he was lo meet 
 Moody anil his '■onipanioii onihe lop oMeiin.\ -lump mountain 
 
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 tl'MiK'd r\|pc(liti(iu. 
 
 '• At'tfi- Ifiiviii;;' liiiii iiiiiK.i; ii'iiard, and ciilk.ctin;;- his own 
 ]<i'i>\<W: and a I'cw of Ins iiuiii-lihoiirs. |,iirsiiil ums niv,.|i to 
 Mood.v. hilt iinroitmiatrlv roiild not makv anv discoxiTios." 
 
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 In,) T,ii:rT.-(;i.:N. .luirx IJruc.ovM-; was ihu natural son of 
 lord nin-lrv. ire oiitoivd tlic Hritisli army at an early aire. 
 Wliile ([nartfivd with his iv-iiiivnt at Preston, he iiiarried 
 l.iuly Charlotte Stanley, whose father, the Karl of Derhy, was 
 so incensed at the match, tiiat ]..• threatened utterly to discard 
 lii'i-. A reconcili.ation. however, took jdaee, and the Karl al- 
 lowed him f:!iio a year dnriiiii- his life, and hy his will he- 
 Miieathed her a lenaey of fjn.dCd. The inllnence of the family 
 I-i which Hiiriioyne had thus hecoine allied, tended materially 
 to accelerate hi> protessional advancement, in I7i;2 he acted 
 as a l!ri,i;adier-Cieiieral of the Hritish foives, which were sent 
 for the defense of Portiig.al against France and Spain, where 
 lie showed coiisiderahle militirv skill. In 177.-, he was a| - 
 pointed to a command in America, whence he returned the 
 following year. In 1777 he resumed his p,,st and issued a 
 proclamalioii to the Indians, in which ho invited them to his 
 staiid.-ird, hut deprecated with due severity (he cruel ])ractiee 
 of scaliiinii'. The pompons tiirjiidity of style in wliich this ad- 
 dress was conched. excited the ridicule of the Americans' and 
 lirocnri'd for him ,lic s(i|il,ri(|nel of ■• C/,rn)inii/,(ili,i,l/i(,/(,i,r,i,:' 
 His first operations were sueeessfiil; liedislo(|n.e,I the Americans 
 from Ticoiidcrop'a and Mount Independence, and took Il'S 
 pieco of camion, all theii' armed \es^el^all(l hatteries. as well 
 as ji con-iilcrahle pjiil ot their h;i:.T,a,ii'e. ammunition. provi> 
 ious. ;in<l milii;iry <loi'cs. Hi- -.iil-.ci|iient career wa- triilv 
 
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 fliMWtrou^ : hi- li'ij(ip-;<ntl'.T.Ml miicli tVom Ii.-hI i'iiikIn iiii'lciiicnr 
 Weill Ikt Mild , I ■^(•iircitv ct |ir(i\ isioiis ; the linli.'ilis who |i,'h| 
 jiivviuiislv iissistcd liiiii, (li'sertcd. mikI tUv AiiK'i'icjiiis uikI.t 
 (u'li. (JmU's siirroMiKk'tl liiiii with a superior tWrci-. to wliicii, 
 thoiiLi-h victorious in two eiiira<;viiK'iits, he was at ieiiuMli coiii- 
 pelled to fa|iitiilato at Sarato^ra. witii the wt'ole of his army. 
 This event, whieii reJidered him e(|iialiy odious to tlie Britisii 
 (ioveriiment and the people at iariiv. was for some time the 
 ]ead!ii.y tojiic of tlio ]iross, and iiuiiiheriess himpooii.- iqipeared 
 ill whieli the (k'ueral's conduct was most severely satirized. 
 Tlie punsters of tlie day, takint;' advanlafxe of the American 
 (feiieral's name, aiuused themselves iiiimercifiilly at liiiriroyne's 
 expense, hut of all their eti'usions, which for the most ]mrt 
 were more virulent than pointed, the followinji" harmless epi- 
 prranj, poor as it is, apjiears to have heeu the liesi ; 
 
 •• liiir.trdyat', iiiicoiiscicnis dt'tli' iiM|icii(liMi: rates. 
 Ciiiild < lit ills way tlir(>' woods, liut not tlini' Oatrs.'^ 
 
 InM.ay, 1778, he returned to Eiin-hnid on Jiis jiarole, hut was 
 denied ail audience hy the Kiiiir, and he in vain solicited a 
 court-martial. In 1779 he was dismissed the service, hut was 
 
 ri-stoivd three years afterwards, and appointed (' mauder- 
 
 in-('liief in Ireland, and sworn in one of the privy <'ouiieil ot 
 that kingdom, lie died at his h,)Use in Hertford .Street, sud- 
 denly, of a tit of tile goui. August -i. 17W. 
 
 (ii). M.V.I. -(iK.\. A.NTiio.w W A V.N i; was horn in t'hesterConnty, 
 I'enn., on the 1st .laiiiiary, 174."), and was educated .-is a .-Pur- 
 veyor, hi 177:) he >vas chosen to a seat in the i.egislatnre of 
 his State, and took an active p.iri in opposing the injustice of 
 <ii-eat lirilaiii. In 177") he eni.ivd the army a- a Colonel, .-uk! 
 
80 
 
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 jiccciiiiiiuiiii'd (ieneral Tliomiisdii lo CuiMda, \U- wu^ after- 
 wiinls niKk'i- (Jen. (iatos, at Ticoiulfroiia, and was siihMM|Uoiitly 
 adv.-iicod to the rank of Briir.-Concral. In the (•anii)aij,ni of 
 1777 he acted an iniiiortant niiit. At the hatth> of Hrandy- 
 wine he made a brave detente ai the ford ajrainst the attack 
 ofCien. Knypliaiiscn, but a lew days after, being detached with 
 l--)iMi men tc. han',M)n the J5ritlsh rejir, lie was sui'iirised and 
 defeated, lie afterwards Ibutilit at (iermantowii and Mon- 
 inontl], and in 177iJ connnanded the troops at the successful 
 >torniinj,'uf Stony Point, wlierc he aciinired i,'real honor. In 
 17«1 he served in (ieorgia, where lie was victorious in several 
 battles uith tlio French and Indians. In I7K7 he was a mem- 
 ber of the Convention of Pennsylvania which ratified theCon- 
 stirution of tin' United States. In 17!tl2 he w;is appointed to 
 the command of the wesli rii army as successor of St. Clair, 
 and at the battle of .Miami, in 17!i-l-, he ji-ainci' a complete 
 \ictory over the Indians, compelling them to sue for peace. 
 lie remained in that region till tlie lijth Dec. ITltii, when he 
 <lie(l at I'resiiue Isle in his 52d year. His remains were after- 
 wards brought to his native State, where they were interivd, 
 and a handsome monument erected to his nieiuorv. Ik> -.vas 
 one of the most brilliant otlicers of the revolution, and one of 
 the most i)0[iular. 
 
 Tiir tullowiii'.; iiccdinit ..| llii' ,M|,tmv .,f Mr. M.,„(ly wc; Mud in the 
 |i:i]i(i-s cif tfir (lay : . 
 
 ( i.L ■•('n.\Tu.\M, August 2. 
 
 \\e have the jdeasnre to assure our readers, 
 
 ibai Kiisign Moody, a refugee from Su>.,i;.\ to the lirilish army, 
 
 and who wa> lately >cnt IV NCw York with a paily of ruV- 
 
 li.-iu- to)- ila. piirp,,,si. ,,|' biii-niiig Sus-ex gaol, of t.ikin- or 
 
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 81 
 
 .•i^si^<iiiann^(,ovrriinr l.i vin,i.'>t..r ;i,„| ,lu. |,,rM,M^ who whv 
 ••ftuv u, ;.|,|Mvlu.„,lin.^ tl„. ||„v,. -pio. lat..lv .x.nit.,!. and of 
 i"li-tin,u-,H,ri„halMlants i,, th. ..-rvi.v of ,1,. Itritisl, tvraiit 
 was lately .•aptured liims.lf l,y fl,o viu.„ro„s ex,.rfi.,„< „f'ca|,r 
 l.aw,v.,..c .,f tl,e \o;n York Stat, l.-vies. near tlio Kn.li^l, 
 
 Nc'ia-hl.onrlMKMl. Tla. in>fniftioMs fo | ui-om Mo.mIv. ii, ..nl.-r 
 
 to Lnvo tl.u hotter (■ol„i,r to Ins private .lirections f,',r iiiliMin;.' 
 and assassinating and to prevent las I.ein- treated a> a >pv 
 trom the n,iiitary stile, what l,e was to i-ro-huv. in ca>e of his 
 heiHir tal<en prisoner, was in the folhiwin- terms: 
 
 Hi 
 
 'Sir 
 
 • lli'ad-(,)iiarters. May t^.m!,^ x^,„. y\„,i^_ y 
 
 ■»(i. 
 
 \(iii are herehy directed and anthorized to proceed 
 without lossof ,i,ne. wifl, a small detachment, int,. the .ler- 
 f^eys, hy the n:o-.t convenient ronte, in order to carrv otf the 
 person of (iovenn.r Livingston, or any other a.^tin- i',, p„hlie 
 station, whom you may fall in with in the coiir>e of v,,iir 
 """•'■lu <"• any person whom yon may meet with, and whom it 
 may be necessary t.. secure for your own security, and that of 
 the party under your command. 
 
 'Should you Mteceed in takin- (lovc'ruor Livingston, voii 
 arc to treat him according to his station, as far as li^s in voi.r 
 power ; nor are you, upon atiy account, to offer aiiv vioU.nee 
 to his person. You will use your ciuk.n our to jret possession 
 "1 ins papers, which you will take care of. and. upon ,o,.r 
 I'eturn, deliver at head-.|uarters. 
 
 Hy order of hi. Kxcelleucy Lieutenant-deneral Knyphausen. 
 
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 lo L;i>ig'n .M(iod,\. I.r hattalion ) ' 
 
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 •' It i< S'licl lliMl mII Mimm|\\ |i,ii|y, cxcciil one, \\ liii iitU'liiptiil 
 
 loMviiii tin- Norlli river in hi- ili-hi. mihI i- snpiiDscd in l„. 
 
 ill'dUlird, have Ij.tII fit Iu'I' caiit iir.d nr killed hv tlicMclivilv 
 
 iff iiiir iiilialiitaiiN; mikI ii>^ to the I'iiiiiinis or infai is /•,'//.</;//, 
 
 liiiMsrll', the ni-cat taker i>l'( ioveriiors and ircin'ral H-anl dclivcr.T 
 orsii-sex. \\v is al |ir<'sriil salflv l(id;.'cd at \\c'>t- i'niiil ; and if 
 
 ill' lia- Jii-lii'i' dull.' Iiini, ii is i^'ciid'allv sii|j|i()m(I, a-- • ru\: 
 
 ivs|ii)iidciil cili-i'i'Vfs, I hat. III! will lu' liaiifi<'d lor a spy, lor 
 iiilistiii;^' our cilizfiis ill iIk, Urilish ariii,\, and conjiiiir with a 
 [mrtv so sMiall as iiiii,., and uilli vvca|ion-- coiiiTalcd, citliero!' 
 wliicli are, aci'<ir<liii^- l<i llie |iri'seiit cniisiriulioii of all llie 
 nations of Mnniiie. cliaracttaasdc of a Spy. 
 
 It is reported lliil aiiullier parlv was simiI from Staleii- 
 Isljind la'-t wei'k for tlu' express purpose of as-assiiialiiii;' liis 
 Kxci'lleiic'v our (o)\t'riior. (lii^jlii not ^iich li|ood\ measures 
 to lie relaliaU'il upon the eli<'m\ f' 
 
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 (i:,). M \.i.-(ii;\. lIoiiKirr liown was horn in Drnii-wiek, 
 Nortli Carolina. On the hreakiiiL;' out of ihe l!e\dli:iioii, he 
 espoused liie Ameriean <'aiise, and was apixiinted Colonel of 
 tiie 1st North C'liroliini reijjinieiit, and at once took tlie Held. 
 
 in jK'eeliiher IVT') lu' Joined Col. Woodford at Norfolk, ami 
 was eii^'aijied with him in the eonti'st with Lord Diiiiinore and 
 iiis party. On the •JlMli .Iiinnarv ITTti. he was ap]ioiiited a 
 Iiri^.-(!eii. ol'llie Coiitineiil.al .\riiiy. ami ordered to \'ir:;'iiii;i. 
 In tin' year ITT'^ lie was plaei-d in chief command of the 
 Southern troops, and was eiif;ai;i'd in the expedition aj;ains|, 
 Florida and also in the delense of Sa\annali, in hotli of which 
 he was unsucoessfiil, [ri coiiseipieiice of his failure, he was 
 ^e\erelv ci'ii--iired at the time. In IT'^'i he was tor a time 
 
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 "'■'•'"■"'.•l""""0;i,l7H,,,iMl wasl,n,UKl,tMiMisaMi.-vo„ 1|,. 
 MMitt.-! Lis ,,n,r..s>i„n fnr tlu, s,,,, mi.l «,,. lor soim. v..,ux .,,- 
 K.ip.1 ,,s ,n,,>l,..ror.., „,Hli„. V..SS..I. A. th.. .■o,„.iu.>,.'...„m.mI of 
 ""• li.'VolMtion, Im. .■s,.oiis..,1 tl,.. ,.,„s. oCtlK. roloni.... ,,n,| look 
 
 •■""""••""' "''■•' '•"IMpjIMV orvo|lU,|....lXMt \..W 1I,IV..|1 II,. WIS 
 
 ;iltonv..|n|s ,.l ll,..si..,vor(^,u.|,.,, wlH.n. I,.. n.,.,.iv,.,l,. u„M„.l 
 ''"•"•l'',t^'..M.Ml,;|,o,MlH. i;.,iln,voril,...X|„.,|ilion, Ik. uitlMlivw 
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 liiMi>..|l, ,.„ I,., .li.l als.. s„l,M..|„..nllv at. Il„. I,,.,itl.. .,r Sanil. ,.■■.., 
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 ''■'■ ""■'•-■'"l''"illn ll.-t thai at this v,.rv tin,... ArnoM 
 
 JVMs..x,.,.„tin^,|„.„..,a.„„u„i..|.|,as,„a,l..|,i<na„„.i,„, , 
 
 "r ''""'""^ '-•-:.i„u.Mt of Mr. M , „,,. ,.,„,., .^,.,1 ,,,,, ^^,; 
 
 '•"-'■!-n"-.lKn,a.a>ui„..rln.,.,„|„|| .,.,,i,.,o„ an.l , ,■ 
 
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 (p.). (;r:\. KhwAiM. N[\riiK\\ cut.T. I tljr llrid-li ;inii ;,- im 
 Kn>i^n in lliuCold Siivinn (iiiiii'<l>. .laiiiinn -Jt, JTKi, rcccivcl 
 liis l.iiMilfiiiiiii'v D.ci'iiiIk'I' it, 17.'> I. 1111(1 iK'ciPiiif <'i(|iiiiiM aiid 
 l.ii'iit.-ColoiK-l Mnivl, -Jii. l7i;-_>. II,. was a|.|miiii,.,| Coluiul in 
 tlie^ariiiy Marcli 2n. 177.-), aii.l I'l-lii ,lavs alhT, Aidd.-Caiiip 
 to tlic K\u<s. lit. cnnio to AhK-rica in 177(1, in ccninnind of a 
 Itrifiadf ..I tin.' (in.'irds. witli tiio rank (.f iJci^'adicr ( u'li., and 
 ill I77H la- (•(•niinaiid.'d tiic partv >unl to di...tr,,v (i.,>|M>it. \if- 
 t-'inia. In I'Vlirnai'v. 177'.t. Iw was advanct'd to tiie nmk of 
 Major (iun. 11^. lu'canu' ('oloni'l of the (1l>,1 r,.ni„ii.nt tlio inio 
 vcar. and w;is stationed at or iK'ar .W'W York in I 7.S0, in wi.U'li 
 vi'ar lit.' rt'tnrnt'd lionic. lie was appointi'd (.'oninnmder-in- 
 ClMff of till' lorcus in thf Wist Indifs, with tiic local I'ank of 
 I.irul.-(i,.n.. Nov. L'n, l7.S-_), an<l in 17^;! htvanif (o.vtrnor- 
 (JLMK'ral of (Jri'nada ami the .^oiuhfrn Cnrrilift. Mamls. In 
 thf >,.ar I7'.t7 \\v was a(l\ .•incftl to thf rank of (ii^ncral in tin.- 
 iinny. and difil at ( 'lanvillf.|,M|MV, llanls. I ifc^ndn'r -JII. fSd.-), 
 .•ifti'r a ffw (\i[y>' ilhit-s, in il,,. 7stj, vt^ar of liis a"-t'. 
 
 (i:). Wii.i.iAM IJrirris, of U\.stfliv.>tt.T Conni.v. N. \ ., a 
 ivfujj:c.t', was sent in 177!t a prisoner from W hitt.' 1'1,-iins iiy Col. 
 iinrr. who wrott. Malroltn that linrtis wishftl to stcnre tlu' 
 favor of the Mlii;rs l,y ^■iviiiM. tl,,.,,, iniornmrion. In 178ii, 
 Ihn'tis was conliufd at Wf^i I'tiint nudcr st.ntvnff of death, tor 
 connnnnifatioii with the Hritish Ctneral Mathew. At the 
 restoration t)f peiiee, he went to N't'w l!rnn>wiek. and ilied at 
 St. .lohn. in is;!.-), ajred 7.') vears. 
 
 (if). Coi.. Ai.KXANDKi; St AM.MKi. w a> horn in Mendon, in>w 
 "Milford, in the State of Ma.->aeliu-etts, ahont the year 174s. 
 
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 <|iKM,tlv, „|,iuv.Ml i;,|.su,„ . i„r,.fa srlH.,,1. and 
 
 iilsuas a Mirvi-vor nriati.Is. ussi^riiii/ Cii-t. ll,,l|,ni(l in mii'vcvs 
 tor Ills (Map ..(• N.u II.MUii.sliir.'. 11.. aNu Mn.lioil law iWra 
 wliil.. in till, oil- „f (irnonil Snilivan. In 177.'., Iio was ap- 
 pnilitlMl i:ri;;ail, ajor. ami in I Tii. Culun-I of i|,o tliini hat- 
 talmn of .•<)ntin..nfal tnM.ps raised in N\u- Hampsliiiv. In 
 1771, ('(il.Mi,.| ScaunncI .■(iniMiand.'d tin" third n-inifnl of that 
 Statf, and w -• wmindod in tin- doporat.' liattlf of Sarato^ra. 
 In I7^<». the ,. \v .,f N\.w ll!iini...Inrc \va> rcdnci'd toiwo vv/\- 
 nuMil-, when In. conniiandc'd i lir-t. jje v* :is aflorwards 
 .•'Ppiiint.Ml Adjniant-CuMjfral oi . lu.ricaM annii>. in wImcI. 
 
 otlicv lif was(K.M.r\cdlv popnlar.aii.! M'cnrf.l iIk,. .■sti-i'ii. ..ftho 
 • -tliccrs of the arniv -vncralh. Will, tins sitnati-n Ik- lio.dly 
 iK'cann- dissati^tiud, \wn\ns^- it oft(>n fv ii^cl hin- from tliose 
 
 <l.'iiiirt-r> to wlncii oiIuts urr.. v\po>,.d ; ; prrfi-rrin- a iinav 
 
 iictivf c.nnnand. \w wa> put at llu' head of a 'v:,drnrnt of li-ht 
 iiitliiitr>. (»n tlir :!.ifl, of Soptcndu^r, I7si, ai the nionioraMc' 
 and Hic(v>sfnl >i.-v of Yorktuwn. he wa-^ <illii'cr of tiu^dav; 
 and while iTconnoiterinii' the -iliialion of ilie enemy, he was 
 surprised hy a i^arty of their lior-e; and after h.in- taken 
 prisonei'. was inlnnnanl,\ wounded l,y iheni. lie was eonveyeil 
 to the city of Williainslan--h. \il'-iliia, wliere he died Oel. f,, 
 I7«l, at the a-eol :):i. (oj. Seammel was an otMeer of mu^oin- 
 inon merit. He wa> amiahle and winidn-' in his manners, and 
 iiis loss was deeply i-e;;retled. 
 
 (e.). (iK\. OllvMi; 1 >|.; I.AN(i:v, of t he llril i>h Rc-idar .\rn)y, 
 the yonn;.;'e-t of the I wo >ons of |!ri--. (len. (>li\er 1 »e l.ani'ev. 
 of New York, hy hi- wile I'hil.-i. d.-niii-hler of havid Fi'anks. 
 of Philadelphia, wa^ horn in I7'i:i. in the eilvof .New York. 
 
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 K»n on l.oiiM' Island, in New York, New Jersey, 
 
 ennsyivania, and 
 
 o ill the Caroli 
 
 in the op(.-rati<ins at tl 
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 nas, where he j)arti(Mpated 
 
 sieiie ol' Charleston. At the hattle of 
 
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 orces, seizinir and 
 
 |>ass throiifih whieh Clinton's an 
 
 Niinst and forced tlj 
 
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 victory. 
 
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 ii;id sncceeded him as Adjutant ( 
 
 ic was 
 
 Americ.'i. lu 17)-!i 
 
 of the 17th I.iu'ht I)i'.i'/n(ais 
 
 l>epnty-Adiutant-(;eneral of tli 
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 eiieral of the nrilisli ani 
 
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 )!' -Major Andre, 
 
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 iiiioted to the J.ielit.-Coh 
 
 '.Id 
 
 ited 
 
 k of Colonel. Four years aft 
 
 e entire Kntrlish f 
 
 A[aJoi'-(;eiieral, ;ii 
 
 erwards he 
 
 orces, with 
 was made a 
 
 Harni(d<-.Master-(ieneral of the liritisl 
 
 d the .same time ajipointed hv Mr. Pitt, 
 
 he held for tel 
 
 I \ ear- 
 
 Ill .^ray, 179.5, 1 
 
 Colonelcy of the 17th l.i-ht Dr 
 
 ^'iiipire, ail o;lice which 
 le was pHHiioted to the 
 
 ik (d' 
 
 -ieiil.-Ceiieral, and ii 
 
 lyooiis, in ISUJ he att, 
 
 lined the 
 
 iriiisi 
 
 I ai'iiiv . 
 
 IK 
 
 I h'^ll' hecaiiie a full (Jeiieral of 
 .•It for ninny year- in the liritish I'ar- 
 
 I'.ii'H'id ■■d ihe imie when I'in. Fo.n and Ihirl, 
 
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 Ke u'l'acei 
 
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 Cell. Pe I.aiicc.v died at Kd 
 
 ailHirjih, 111 
 
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 .luliii's t'lmpi'l ill tliMt citv. 
 
 iviiiaiii- wrw iiitvrivil in S|. 
 
 (-•.). JkAN ItAI'TlSTl.; DoXATlK.V I.K VlMKll;. CdlNT DIcK,,- 
 
 •iiAMMKAi , .M,.,r>l,ai ..f FraiKT. was hcni at Vi'iidonu. in ITii.-). 
 aiul eiitfivd the army at the a-c ..f si.xteoii. in ]74(1 he 
 hecan.e Ai(l-.le-('an.|. to Lciis I'liiliipe, I )nke ..f Orleans, un.l 
 afterwards, ubtainin- tlie coniniand uf tiie re-inieiit of J,a 
 Mareiie, distiiiM-nished himself at the i;uttle ,f I.atel,lt. where 
 I'c-' was wonnded. He afterwards ohtained fresh lanivls at 
 Creveldt. Minden, Corbaeii, and Ch.sterean.p; and havin- 
 been made JJent.-Geiieral, was in ITSii sent witli an ari.iv ..T 
 0,000 men to tlie assistaiiee of the Amei'ieans. He acted in 
 eoneert with Washiniiton, first a-ainst Gen. Clinton In New 
 ^ ori<, and then a-aiiist Cornwallis iii \'irginia. He was raised 
 to the raniv ot Marshal by Louis XVI, and after the revol.itiou, 
 was appointed to the eommand of tlie ar.ny of t)ie North, hut 
 lie was superseded by more active (.ttieers, and being ca'hnn- 
 niated by the l)oi)n]ar Journalists, he addressed to tlio Legisla- 
 tive Assembly a vindioation of Ids coiidiiet. A decive <,C 
 ••il'l"-"''ation was eonseipiently passed in Mav ]7!I2, and he 
 retired to his estate near VendAnie. with a d'etenninati„n t., 
 niterfere no more with publie attairs. He was snhse.pientiv 
 aiTested, and narrowly est^aped sulfering death tmder the 
 tyranny of iiobespierre. In 1S();{ ho was present 3d to linona- 
 
 parte, who jn-anted him a pension and the cross of grand olliec.r 
 of the legion of hon„r. His death took place in jsoT, at the 
 age of (11. His "Memoirs" were published in JNoi). 
 
 r.iK I!ai;o.v, Wii.mam \(..v Knvimia.sKn, l.icnt.-(.eneral in 
 the lirilish service dnrii-.- the American revolnti 
 
 tion, was 
 
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 88 
 
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 Ill Ali'use, tlicii oiR. (,t' tliu Hlienisli ijrovincos, iibont tlio yt-ar 
 17;{(). Jlis fjitlicT \v!i.s Colonel of the Geniiiui Kef,'t. uf Ditt- 
 lortli, ill tlie seniee of John, J)iike of Marlborough, and his 
 own military career coiiiiiioiiued in the service of Frederick 
 William I. (,f Prussia, the father of Frederick the Great. Sub- 
 se(iii(.ntly bo served iii the several wars wajred by the latter 
 against Austria. In 1770 he received from the British goveni- 
 meiit the cominand of 12,00(» Wiildeckers and Hessians hired 
 to aid in repressing the insnrrectioi. in the American colonies, 
 and arrived in New York in time to pariiciimte in the battle 
 of Mrooklyn, August, ]770. Jle was at the battle of White 
 J'lains. ;ind aided in the capture of Fort Washington in Noveiu- 
 I'er 1770, and in the defeat of the Anierii^aii forces at Brandy- 
 Nvine in the succeeding year. In June 1780, being then in the 
 temporary eommand of the British troojjs in ^'e^v York, 
 during the absence of .Sir Henry Clinton at the South, he made 
 ii .lescent into the Jerseys with 5,0011 men. in the hope of rally- 
 ing the disaftected Anierioans to the royal standard, but he 
 .M'fomplisbed little beyond sacking the village of Connecticut 
 Farms. A)n the S-'id he re-entered the Jeivseys with re-enforee- 
 M.ents, and att.ncked the detachment under Greene, wbi,.h 
 o.vupied Springtield and the heights in the rear. But so 
 skillful were ibc dispositions of the American general, that 
 after an indecisive contlict, Knyj.iiausen again returned to 
 Staten Island, after burning the village of Springlield. lie 
 w.is a man of fine personal appearance, about 5 feet 11 inches 
 ill height, s- .ught and slender. His features were sharp, and 
 his appearance martial, and he was remarkably amiable and 
 simple-minded. It is said he used fo spread his bread with his 
 tliumb. (ion. Lafayette was in the Habit of telling an anecdote 
 conoernin- bim. on the .■nithority of Ihiiisb oilirers. The 
 jia>sage to America was very long, and one night, u liilo play- 
 
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 '"^' "-lu^t n, tlK- ,..,l,i„. Kny,,l,,ni<.„ .n.M..„lv tnn„.,l m tl,.- 
 
 «•"".•""""'"'• <'f tlK- voss..I.,n„| ..•li.l. with ,„, ;nrnf„n„.h.i„. 
 
 «'«'nt,v. - Captain, ai,rf ,r,' hah milal pant America T The 
 
 "•"" -1-0(1 in Uerlii,, i„ I'n.ssi,,, „„ tin. 2.1 .l,,v ofJinu. I7s.| 
 
 l-'d ;■)!». ■ ' 
 
 il 
 
 ii'ohind ill \~i\\, iiiul 
 
 (jjj. CiiAin.Ks Thomson was l.on, in 
 came to Aniorica with his thiv. M.y h.-otluTs ,..i,o,it 1741 
 He lan.le.l at Xewonsth-. Ddawa.v. with slen.lor means ofsnh- 
 s.stence. Havi.ijr heen e.li.cate.l l.y Dr. Anison, lie ke,,! the 
 i^ncMLls Aea.leiny. IK. afterwards went to Phihulelphia, 
 Whore he obtained tiie adviee and friendshii. of Dr. Franklin 
 At the tirst Coi.irress i„ 1774. i,e was ealied u],o„ to take 
 iinnutes of their i.ieasnres. and from that, time he was tlie sole 
 ^eeretary of the lievohitionary r.,„j,,.,,,. ^^ ,^,^i^,„^,^, ,,.^ 
 olhoe m July 17SU, havii,.. hd.l it .iftcen years. ]|is mi„d was 
 tunnelled with various lean.iu^. and his eharaoter was marked 
 l.y regularity, probity. H,,,„iess. ..,nd patriotism, lie tran.- 
 ated the Septuagint. and his work was published in isos 
 His wiles niai(\n name was llamiaii Harrison. She was tlie 
 aunt of (ien. AVm. H. Harrison, late I'residvnt of the United 
 States. Mr. Thomson died at Lower Morion. Mont-omery 
 County. Pennsylvania, on the Kith day of Aimust 1S24. ageii 
 1*4 years. His wife died in 1K(I7. their remains lie inierred 
 H. Laurell Hill t'oniotery, near J'hiiadelphia. havin- 
 renioveil in Im:js from Lower Merioii, whore thev had orig 
 been deposited. 
 
 leen 
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 The following accounts „f the capture of Marr ami M.k.iIv, and the 
 subseqaent death of the latter, we take from the papers of th'e day. 
 (■'n). "Piiii.ADKr.i'iiiA. November 14. 
 
 Oil Thursday morning last, (8th Nov: 1781J Lanrenco 
 ilarr and John :N[.iody, both of Col. Barton's Tory regiment, 
 
5)0 
 
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 r: 
 
 wero .•iijpi'clit.ridi'il in t!ii< city on snspicion ot'bi-inu' ii]i'wi. On 
 tlip two t'oUiiwina' (liiys tliey were in(lnli,'e(l witli ii v.:uu\U\ and 
 t'nll lieiiriiifi, hctore n respectfible bonnl of officers, whereol' tli« 
 honouralilo nnijor jronoral tlio innniuin de Lafayette was ]>re- 
 sent. It appeared their l)iisiness was to steal and carry oti'tlie 
 secret journals of Confrress, and otlier ])a|»iTs, to New York. 
 They linve made several interestinfr diseoveries ot nniny jier- 
 sons in these states, who are doinj; their ntnio^t to rnin their 
 country. The names of these ingrales will appear in proper 
 time. The hoard of otiieers havinir reported to the honourable 
 board of war, their oj/inion was apjiroved, and Marr aud 
 Moody wei'e both sentenced to die ; wliicli sentence was exe- 
 cuted on Moody yesterday betvveen tlio liours of eleven aud 
 twelve. Marr is respited until Friday the 23d inst. From 
 Satnrd.'iy evening,' until yesterday, the criminals wen both 
 attended by a st-^'itlemau of the clerical order, who ^'ives ns 
 ground to liojic they were real ])euitents, as from the be^nn- 
 ning of their confinement they manifested the greatest con- 
 trition for all their sins, political and moral. The enemy, who 
 at this jjeriod seem e(inal to iio e.\i)loits .su])erior to robbing 
 uiails and stealing pa])ers, njay thank the monster lieiiedict 
 Arnold, their beloved friend, for the untimely death of this 
 young man, wlio was only in his 23d year." 
 
 Freeman's Journal, IVed : Nov: 14. ITsl. 
 
 " Xi:>v Yoiiic, Xovend)er 21. 
 
 The report of the death ot J.ieut. . riies Moody, 
 proves a mistake, he being now in this city, but his brother 
 John Moody, after being seized at J'hiladelphia, was put to 
 death by the rebels, and bis body carried for interment to his 
 distressed father, and relations at Egg-Jlarbour.'' 
 
 Hivington, Nov. 2\, \"k\. 
 
N-UTK.S. 91 
 
 (j4). SiFi He.vhv Cmntun wiis the i.l(k>t soil of A.liiiiral 
 (ieorpe Clintoi), foniierly Governor of the Province of \ew 
 York, lie eiitereil the iiriiiy iit tin ojirly aire. Jle heciinie 
 Lieut, in the Cold Stretini (iiiariU, .Nov. I, ITol, dipt, m the 
 l.st Foot (iuurds, May (1, 175H, Colonel in the nrmy, 1702, iiud 
 of the 12th Kegt. of Foot, Nov. 28, ITC.C. Me yainod jrivat 
 credit for hi.s services during the seven years' war in (u'rniany, 
 and rose to the rank of Major-{ieneral, May 25, 1772, and in 
 May 1770 arrived iit Hoston. lie distiiijrnislied himself at the 
 battle of Hiiidicr Hill, and was rewarded in September follow- 
 ing by being created Knight of the Hath, and advanced to 
 the rank of Lieiit.-CuMierjd in America. In .lanuary, 177(i. he 
 was appointed (Jeneral, and was defeated tliat year at Sulli- 
 van's Island, and in August following, commanded a division 
 in the battle of Brooklyn. In OctoI.er lie defeated a [lortioii 
 of the Anieric.in army on the Hronx river, in Westchester 
 Coniity, ill 1777 w;is appointi'd l.ieiit.-Cieiieral in the army, and 
 was afterwar.U present at ihc storming ot forts Wa.-,hiiigton 
 and Clinton. ' i77,s he was commissioned Commander-in- 
 Chief, and conducred the retivat from I'hiladelphia to \ew 
 York. ;m(l iji Deceinher emiiarked for Chiirlestoii. S. (\. wliicli 
 lit-' reduced. He was succeeded in the chief command by 
 (ieiieral Carleton in 1782. when he returned to Hnniaiid. In 
 17H2, he published a Narrative of his ciuidint in America, in 
 17H;{, Observations on Cornwallis" .\nswer, and in 17!t4, Ohser- 
 vatioiison .Mr. Stedniiin's History of the .Vinericaii War. He 
 died December 1;!, 171)0. 
 
 (.'!,). Wii.i.iAM FiiA.NKi.iN was the son of the celebrated Dr. 
 Heiij. rr.inklin, and was born about the year 17:'>1. He ri- 
 ceived a good educatiiai. and was bred for the professioii of 
 
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 l"w. Ill thr Frciicii Will' he lifted ;i« a ciiptiiiii, iiiiil >rMini'il 
 giviit iir;ii-r tor 1 is (•(nidiict iit Tic()n<lcni;rii. licfori' tlio de- 
 ;'Iiiriiti(iii (iriH'iKt.' he utiit to p:ii'.daml with his luther, whcTc 
 lioth wore ivcoivi'd with iiiai'kt'd ntli'iitiiMi. In tjiu vciir 17(i;! 
 lie was apiM.intcd (Ion eriKir of New .ItTsfy, which otiico he 
 held for several years. His appoiiitiiieiit was an iiiip(«|)nlar 
 one, arisiiiir in i)art from the ille;;itiiiiaev of ids l.irtli, hiitpriii- 
 eipally from his '• tiiiie-servin;.' condiiet and courtier-like pro- 
 peiisitie><;' When the lUvolntioiinry War liroke out he took 
 the side of the thrown, and his suhsequont eonrse of conduct 
 rendered him so ohiioxious that he was tinally ousted from 
 oftice in 1770, and AVilliam Liviiifrston, a ineinher of the First 
 Continental Congress, hecanie his successor. The deposed 
 (iovernor was declared an enemy to the country, and was con- 
 sequently imprisoned, Imt on the arrival of Sir Henry Cliiilon 
 III 177s, his exchange was ett'ected, and he was set at liberty. 
 He served for a short period as I're-idenl of the Hoard of 
 Loyalists, and tiien went to Fiigland. He and his father were 
 for a long time estranged, hut a reconciliation was eventually 
 clfeeteil, though it is evident that the latter reiiiemhered his 
 son's course of conduct to the last, (iovernor Franklin died 
 in Xoveiiiher, ISUi. at the age (.f ahout Hii veurs. 
 
 i*t ': 
 
 1 
 
 (■j«). CoiiTi.A.NDT Skin.nki!, of Ncu' .iei'sey. was .Vttorney- 
 (ieiieral of that Colony at the comiiieiicenienl of the Kevohi- 
 tion, and in the performance of his otlicial duties evinceil much 
 ahility and integrity. He accepted service under the Crown, 
 and was authorized to raise a corps of Loyalists to consist of 
 2.5(10 men. lie was allowed to nominate his own otiicers. 
 Three battalions were organized and otlicered, and called the 
 New Jersey Volunteers. The enlistments of common soldiers 
 were slow. After several months of active exertion, the 
 
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 Mliclr niuiilHT.pfiiini ul„, I,;, (I nillicd tinder i,is siaiulani was 
 lint. I.Ktl. SkiinK.r,.,,ntiiiik'(! in coiiiiiiaiKl of tlio corps witli 
 tlic rank of i;ri-a.li..r-(;..i:,.ral. At Hr. restoration „f peare. 
 Iir uent to Kn-lan.l. anil di.d in |{ri>iul in 17!i!», at the Hfie 
 
 of VI. 
 
 (.-.). (;f..nki!m. .Iamks l-Ai-risox was appoinii-d Captain of 
 ArtilkT.v AnfiM,>t i. 1747, I.ii-i.t.-C'oloM,.] in the arniv in I7(;|, 
 1111(1 Coloni.j Conon.uMlant of Artillery, A|)ril 2r,th, 1777. On' 
 tiio I'.lth of KelHuary, 177!», he was upi.ointed Maj<.r-(;eneral. 
 'iimI in the month of -Inly foHowin- was made Commandant 
 "tlli>> (iarrixHi of New York, in I)Iaeeof l.ieut.-iJeneral .lones. 
 lie aceompanied the army aijiainst Charleston in l7so, and was 
 niised to the rank of l.ient.-(ieneral Se|.temher l's, 17K7, and 
 on the -Jdth January, I7;i7, iittainul the rank of (ieiieral in the 
 Hritisl, army. IR. .lie.l al his li,Ml>e in Hill Sireet, lierklev 
 'S|M;nv, London. March I. Isii.-,, at the a-v of ,s, vears. 
 
 (.-). Sii! (iKoiioK IJkckwitu was the -m nd son of Major- 
 
 Ceiieral Heckwith, an.l was horn in 17:.:!. He was hred to 
 the army, and hecame, .Inly -.'o. J 771. ,,„ ^.n-i-n of the 37th 
 I'o-t; ohiained a lieutenancy .Inly 7, I77.J. and in the foil., win- 
 year emharked for America under Coniwallis. ( )n his arriva*! 
 he wa> nominated Adjutant to a hattalion ..f -renadiers, ami 
 shortly after served in the operations a-aiu>t Charleston! and 
 then in the hattle of Brooklyn, at the landin- „„ x^w York 
 i^l.'nid. at the iMttle of White Phdns. an.l at the taking of Fort 
 .Montgomery, s,„,n after which heend>arked for Jihude Island. 
 In Fehruary, 1777. he rejoined the hody of the arniv in New 
 •Icrsey. where he remained till .Iul>, when he purchased a 
 ('api.''iii-l.ieuienan.n and emharkul « ,lh ihe lleet for the I'eJin- 
 
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 ll'liiii. Ill Miiv lie siif 
 
 I'ltecrtvo ctiiiipiiMv. iiiKJ iilimit till' siiim. tiiiu' !„■ 
 
 (•Mine Aid .|f-('illi||) tnii.MI. KllV|illllll-ell, ;llld MTVeij MS Ml.'li 
 lit the hjilllc of .M,,i,,ii,,iltii. Ill IVSj lie u;|v uitli Ariinldni 
 Nl'W l.nildi.ll. Ill XoVfiiiluT tujlowill^f Ik' luMilliic lilVVct- 
 
 Miiji.r. mid in .liinc, 1 VH-J, \v;is ii|)|Miiiii,.d Aid-ik.-('Miii|i to Sir 
 (iiiv Ciirlfioii. \<\ wl'niii h,. uji> ciiiiduvi'd in nci^otiiilintr tlic 
 jiii'jiii^ri'iiKMiis l(ir till' witiidrnwiil nfilic liriti^ii rri.ni Aiiicricii 
 ill i7.s:i. Ill Aii;;il>l -J.-), I7!l.'), lie ivciMvi'd tlu' hifvct rmik of 
 Ciduiifl, mid in April, IT'.iT, was imniinutud ('(.Imii'i on ilu- 
 MtatK in liiTiiiiida, and sinccoded to the civil froveniiiKiil in 
 17!tS. lie continiied tlieiv till l^<oy, wlieii lie returned to Kiig- 
 Imid, Willi tlie rank of Miiior-(ieiieval. In Ibii-l- lie was re 
 moved to tlie stall' ill llie I.eeward and Windward Islands, and 
 lieemnc (lovenior of St. Vineeiits. On the death of Sir Wil- 
 liam 'I'll vers, Conimaiider-iii Chief at l!ari)adoes, he snecoeded 
 liim, reiiiainin^r there till Isoc. when he was raised to the 
 haal rank of (Jeiieial. In March. IsiMi. he was Lieut (leiieral, 
 in April followiiin' he repaired to his former station at St. 
 ^■|ll(■ent. and in .liiiie ol.taiiied ehief eoiniiiand at Harhadoes a 
 seeoiid time. In l,Mi!i, m ihe head of l(»,(MHi nieii, he rediieed 
 Martiiiiipie. for u hieh he was kniirhted. Jn ISKi he took 
 (iiiadeloiipe, St. Marlins mid St. Eustatins ; in 1«U heeame 
 <ieiieral. and in isji; took eoiiiinuiid of the troops in Irehind. 
 Ill Mareh, 1,S2(I. he retnrned to England, when the haiieful 
 ellects of his lonj.' residence and arduous services in the We.st 
 Indies iiocame visible on his health, and at len.ntli deprived 
 him of life on the L'utn of March, is^.-j. at the aire of ah.mt 
 7ii vears. 
 
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 r...„i. l-i'-:" T.-(iiiN..r \M,.:s|;.,nf.:,Msnvu,i^.M|. „•.,(, Mlr„r, M,iilii,,rv 
 lit.", nn.! n.s.. I.v sii.TOKsiv,. |,n„,„,ti.,Ms ,,, i|„. |,iul,..,f |,„Mur. 
 II'' WMs .•..-„!.'.•.! in tli(. (.x|KM|i|i„„ ,,i:„iiisi |.n„i..|,oMnr ;„ i7.-i,s' 
 
 "'"' '" '"■''•• ^^"^ "i"' •"•'"■I'll AiMlKTsf, ,1, „l,i,.|, „,,,,'. 
 
 "'""' '"■ ''"' ' •"■'•""' ^^i'l' >li" <Miirl.Ti.iMst..r's |),.,,„rl„u.nf 
 
 I" llio vcar I7(J2 1r. was i„ tho ,.x|H.liii„n .•.i:,,inst M,H'ti,iic.. 
 "iHlinl77r, Ir. w„. statiura.,! i„ |;oMn„. and wIr,, that citv 
 was ..vacnafe.1 i,v il,.. Diiiisl,, |,, ar,-uu,,.ani..,l (n,u.,al lluwe 
 t<. N.w \„vk. 11. was in ,|,, ,,,,„k. „r |,,„. ,,,„,„,_ ,„„, 
 oHi.r on..,jr,.n.onts in fln.t vinnitv. 11, u.as .mmiIo Col-.n,! in 
 IHL', .Ma.|ur-(;,Moral in 177(1, and airain.,1 thf nink ..f l.i,„i - 
 (icneral in 1782. He was ..nnunissiono,! Cuvornor of \.w 
 
 ^ urk May 4tl.. 177!.. and ti.ok tl,, oath ,.r .,|li,., un th. •_';! • 
 
 March, 1780. 1„ ,!„. vcar 1783 ho .vtnnK.d t., Kn.^hi.id. and 
 died in i7,ss. 
 
 (no). I he t..|i„winif |.m<.]a,nati..M nfCJovernor I.ivin-ston lor 
 the arrest of Moody, with Moody's rc-joinder thereto, appears 
 '" uv.nfrton's (faxette, An,^ 2.5. 1781. They arc too ...od to 
 1'^' l.'sf, and we ,i,Tnrdii,o.|v ^\y^ thon, a place here. Ir is well 
 I" state that the (o.venior was possessed ot' lai-v ears 
 prondiieiit red nose. 
 
 and a 
 
 •• " /nnvs ,t has |,,,,„ represented to nie that the persons 
 licremaftern.ontioned, have heen ^M.ilty of atrocious o.fenees 
 an.' ..uve coinn.itted .livers rohberies, thefts, mid other felonies 
 ." this State. I have therefore thou-ht tit, bv and with the 
 M'lvK.eol the Jl.)iuMirahle the I'rivy Conncilof this State to 
 issne this prodamal ion, heiel.y promising the rewards herein 
 nicntioncl. to any person or persons who .hall apprehend and 
 scrnre n, any gaol of this St.ale, any or either of ,|,e tollowin..' 
 iH'isons or „in.nder>, i„ wit: <'a!el. Swee>y. .lames oMlara 
 
Oft 
 
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 .liiliii*' Moody, and (iysl.ei't Kylurlin, tlio Mini of two laiiidivd 
 »li)llar,x of till' Mils of civdil ix.-iifd on (la- fnitli of fhii* Sintc. 
 
 "(iivi'ti iiiid.Tiiiy liiiiid and seal af arnit*, at Tivnton, tlio 
 lliird day of Aii!.'iist, 17HI, and in tin- llffli year of flu- imli- 
 Jn'iidi'iicc of AiiiiTii'a. 
 
 Wll.. I.IVINdSTON." 
 
 " III K AMI ('liv: Ttrii lliniilml (ifinirai Itnniiil. 
 
 " U/(r(Y(/v a cortain William l.iviii;r-.|on, late an Attorney nt 
 l.;uv, and now a /utrlrsi iKin-iin- and indirnin/'r rih'f. stands 
 convicli'd in ihc minds '>f all lioncst nii'ii, ns well i> in Ids own 
 foiiscii'iici', of many atrocious <;riiiK's and olU'iici's iiKiiin^t (lod 
 and the K'iiijr. and among many other treasonalik^ practices, has 
 lately, with iiialicioii.s and mnrderoiis intention, pnldishcd ii 
 si'ilitioiis ailvertiseincnt in a i^dicl iu'w>|ia|icr, otl'i riiij.' a reward 
 of what he calls two hnndred State dollars, to an a>sa-siii who 
 shall take and deliver me ami three other loyalists into tlio 
 jiowci- of him, the said Willium l,i\ inn^Kni. 
 
 •• I ilo therefore lierel>y jiroinisc to pay the siiiii oft vo liiiii- 
 dred ijililieas. hiif niDnrij, to the pers<p|i or persons who shall 
 liiiiia' the said Williaiii l.iviiifrstoii alive iiiio New York, and 
 deliver him into the custody of Captain ('unninjrliani, so that 
 lie may he duly lodged in the provost, till the approaching ex- 
 tinction of the rehellion, then to he hroiight to trial for his 
 niniieriais crimes and oll'eiu'es al'ore^aid. In tln' mean, if his 
 whole person cannot he hroiight in, half ihe siiin ahove speci- 
 tii'd will he paiil for his Kahs and Xosi:, whicli jire too wefl 
 know II. and loo reiuarkalile to he mistaken ( )lisei-\e. how- 
 e\er. that his life must not he atlempted, hecaiisi' that would 
 he to follow his c.\aiii]ile ot e.\<itiiig the villaiiioii> ja'actice of 
 
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 I)i\'(l a «.'i>iii;|-oii'aiioliali>I. In- fiiilii'aci'il K|]isrii|iae.\ in 174S, 
 and time years later went to Ivifi'lmul lor ordination. On liis 
 return he became Rector ul' St. -lol ii"s Ciiurcli at Elizal'eth- 
 town. N. J., whcie lie Ions mainta^ied a liii,'li cliaractcr for 
 erudition and talents, lie was an ^arly and nnconipromisint; 
 loyalist, and ex])ressed liimself witli inucli wnrinth, in conse- 
 (]nonce of whicli he .liiive ott'ence to many of iiis coiiurepation. 
 who left his cimrch. lie afterwards went to N'ova Scotia, 
 and was elected the tirst liisiioii uf the (-'olony. bur lie declined 
 the otlice on aceo'int of ill-health. During' the last ten yeais 
 ot his life he was atiiicted with a painful disease, but he bore 
 his sntl'erin^'s with i)atience and even with cheerfulnc-^. Ik- 
 wrote several works, some of a tiieolotiical character, and 
 others upon the polities of the day. in all of which he showed 
 himself to be a writer of ability. Ife waslari^e and portly, 
 and of tine personal ajipearai ce. and liis countenance exjnvs- 
 sive of high intellifxence. Jle had a stroiii: conimandiufi' 
 voice, and was a areat lover of music. Mo died on the 17th 
 day of .lune, IT'-H), at the a;:e of *H. His widow dien in the 
 vear 1801, at the aiie ol CH. 
 
 
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