McCracken & Ensign McClung and Caugh Almost a boat full of Fish / 17 Went a fishing with Capt. Calld to arms and stud one the parade till a Capt and six men were three quarters of a mile and back then dismised and went to bed…SeptemSailed from Fort George to the Landen loaded with forty barrels flour and five barrels rum one man fell overboard out of another boat and was drowned that night landed at Fort George.” Another excerpt reads: “May 5th 1776 / Marched from Albany to half moon 6 marched to Newtown / 7 Marched to Saratoga / 8 Marched to Fort Miller / 9 Marched to Queensborough / 10 Marched to Sbadary Point 11…16 Went a fishing with Mayger Curtis and Capt. July 3d lay aboard the Enterprise except some time spent ashoar…August 16th 1776 Nothing remarkable that day that night we was alarmed by the firing of three shots all day. The wind fell and we had to lower sails and man the oars but yet arrived the same night about 12 o clock at Crownpoint harbor. ![]() 23 Retreated from white house to the isle anoar and sailed back to the sloop same day…July 21 Ciled 4 taken of our men by the indians 13 at the river Lecoal about 8 miles above the isle anoar…July 1st 1776 – sailed from the four Brothers to split rock and there cast anchor and ferried all night 2 tuck in 6 oxen and 6 cows then hoist anchor and set sail. 22 – Retreated from the isle anoar to the white house. 1 more made escape same night and got in to the island about 12 Oclock at night. He writes of burning bridges and homes, pitching tents and going fishing with his superiors: “We had a large funeral, we left a Noble General that day and buried him with great honor.” Excerpt: “ 20 went out with a party of men to clean land for Uncle John of the Congress -23 went up to Lake George falls…June 21 – Sailed to the Isle anoar as express and was a larmed there by 4 men being cilled by Indians 7 taken Prisoners and 1 Escaped. Gaine.” Cooper mentions the North River, where two men were lost and 17 returned to fort. Front page of almanac dated in writing “1776.” Full printed title page reads: “Gaine’s Universal Register, or, American and British Kalendar, For the Year 1776. Rare book entries span from 19 April 1776-21 December 1776. ![]() Here is the description and picture:ġ776 Revolutionary War diary with handwritten entries by soldier John Cooper and filled with notes from the battlefield. We at Auctions were lucky enough to have sold just one Revolutionary War diary before and it sold for $5,750. American history collectors will find many Civil War diaries but not so much from the battles approximately 90 years before. ![]() Revolutionary War DiaryĪn original Revolutionary War diary is hard to come by. To auction, buy, consign or sell a Revolutionary War diary, please see, contact or call (310) 440-2982.
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