"The New Jersey volunteers" (loyalists) in the Revolutionary War
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/ITHE NEW JERSEY(LOYALISTS)IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.IVOLUNTEERS"THE NEW JERSEYLOYALISTS)REVOLUTIONARY WAR.IN THEBYWILLIAM S. STRYKER,ROF NEWADJUTANT-GENERAL JERSEY.PRINTED FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.N. J.TRENTON,DAY &, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS.NAAR, NAAR,1887.NNEW VOLUNTEERS LOYALISTSTHE JERSEYIN THE WAR.REVOLUTIONARYThe facts contained in this in refevenco "to thepaperservice of theof New in theLoyalists Jersey militaryare comCrown the Revolutionary war, principallyduringDocufrom Force s American O sArchives,piled Callaghanof New Games Howe sYork, Register,mentary Historys Moore s of theNarrative, Galloway Pamphlets, DiaryHat-American Dawson s HistoricalRevolution, Magazine,field s of Whitehead s of PerthElizabeth, HistoryHistoryofMinutes of the Provincial and CouncilAmboy, Congressof ofSafetv New Writings Washington,Jersey, SparksSimcoe s Greene s Life of General Greens,Military Journal,Archives first and second sseries,Pennsylvania LossingField-book of the Tarleton s Southern CamRevolution,s sSir Clinton Narrative, Kingspaigns, Henry DraperDawson s Battles Land and Barber &Mountain, by Sea,York JourHowe s New Historical NewCollections,Jerseys s South SimsGazette,nal, Ramsey Carolina,RivingtoninSouth and the records on file office. But,Carolina, myof Sabine s of the American Revolutioncourse, Loyalistshas been without it this sketch couldconstantly consulted;not have been written.certainlyAs soon as General William Howe ...
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THE NEW JERSEY
(LOYALISTS)
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. I VOLUNTEERS"THE NEW JERSEY
LOYALISTS)
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.IN THE
BY
WILLIAM S. STRYKER,
R
OF NEWADJUTANT-GENERAL JERSEY.
PRINTED FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION.
N. J.TRENTON,
DAY &, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS.NAAR, NAAR,
1887. N NEW VOLUNTEERS LOYALISTSTHE JERSEY
IN THE WAR.REVOLUTIONARY
The facts contained in this in refevenco "to thepaper
service of theof New in theLoyalists Jersey military
are comCrown the Revolutionary war, principallyduring
Docufrom Force s American O sArchives,piled Callaghan
of New Games Howe sYork, Register,mentary History
s Moore s of theNarrative, Galloway Pamphlets, Diary
Hat-American Dawson s HistoricalRevolution, Magazine,
field s of Whitehead s of PerthElizabeth, HistoryHistory
ofMinutes of the Provincial and CouncilAmboy, Congress
of ofSafetv New Writings Washington,Jersey, Sparks
Simcoe s Greene s Life of General Greens,Military Journal,
Archives first and second sseries,Pennsylvania Lossing
Field-book of the Tarleton s Southern CamRevolution,
s sSir Clinton Narrative, Kingspaigns, Henry Draper
Dawson s Battles Land and Barber &Mountain, by Sea,
York JourHowe s New Historical NewCollections,Jersey
s s South SimsGazette,nal, Ramsey Carolina,Rivington
inSouth and the records on file office. But,Carolina, my
of Sabine s of the American Revolutioncourse, Loyalists
has been without it this sketch couldconstantly consulted;
not have been written.certainly
As soon as General William Howe arrived at Staten
on withthe 7th of so was heIsland, 1776,July, pleased
970979 4 THE NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS (LOYALISTS)
in the harbour of wrotehis New York that hereception
these words to the British "I havegovernment: great
reason to an enormous of the toinhabitantsexpect body join
the from the of the and Conarmy provinces York, Jerseys
in this time of universalnecticut, who, onlyoppression,
for andwait to of theiropportunities give proofs loyalty
zeal for men came over twogovernment. Sixty days ago
with a few arms from the of Shrewsbury,neighbourhood
in who were desirous to and I understandserve,Jersey,
there are fiveihundred more in that to followreadyquarter
"
their *
example/."
General HbWe^soon after this to recruitingbegan appoint
officers in different of New and toparts Jersey organize
detachments of Provincials as fast as themthey presented
selves for service in the Mr. Cortlandt Skinner,army.
whose devotion to the of the British beforeinterests king
the war had made him a man in Newprominent Jersey,
was selected as the officer to and to comproper organize
mand the men who were anxious to enroll themselves
tinder the standard of Great Britain, He was commis
sioned at first a and afterwards aColonel, Brigadier-Gen
with to raise five battalions to consist of twoeral, authority
"
thousand and five hundred under command ofsoldiers,
of the nominated himself." Hegentlemen country by
established his at the of theorganizationheadquarters
on Staten in New York and thisIsland,corps harbour,
soon became the for all tories of New Yorkplace refuge
and New as well as for deserters from theJersey, patriot
General Skinner himself seems to have beenarmy.
stationed on Staten Island and in New York city during
most of the and it is seldom that we meet himwar, very
with hiseven soldiers in other of theany part contiguous
