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Price
of Provisions
Actual prices the British army would pay for provisions in a
given area, taken from the 1778 Maryland Loyalist orderly book.
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Clinton
Proclamation regarding deserters
Sir Henry tries to get deserters back into his Majesty's army.
From Supplement to the Royal Gazette, May 8, 1779,
NYC. Rivington's was a loyalist newspaper operating in
British-occupied New York City. I added the King's Crest from
the King's 1775 Proclamation to Boston citizens. |
Ale
or Table Beer prices
From Rivington's Royal Gazette, June 30, 1779. Perhaps
the most important broadside here.
Clinton's
orders regarding Provincial Rank
From Rivington's Royal Gazette, May 19, 1779. Sir Henry
tries to rally the loyalists.
An
inventory of items "in the grocery way"
From Rivington's, June 30, 1779. A good list of sundries,
some familiar, some very much not. For some reason, pickles seem
very prominent. About three words or so I had to guess at, the
ink had been smeared apparently on the original.
General
Orders
Adapted from Howe's orders in Philadelphia in 1778.
The Refugee Club
From Rivington's Royal Gazette, an annoucement for a meeting
of the famous loyalist society in New York City (1779).
Advertisement
for loyalist pamphlet Plain Truth
As it appeared in the Philadelphia newspapers in the Spring of
1776. Many members
of the Continental Congress read this pamphlet most likely. In
fact, the pamphlet itself begins
with a dedication to John Dickinson.
Loyalty
Oath
Again with wording from Simes' Military Medley of 1768.
3 oaths on the page.
Notice
concerning "Negroes"
This is a proclamation from Sir Henry Clinton promising protection
to blacks who desert the rebels. Rivington's front page,
July 21, 1779. Upsized to be a broadside.
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Ship
departure for London
The General Vaughan departs for London. Taken from the front
page of Rivington's front page, July 21, 1779. Upsized.
The original did not feature a woodcut of a ship but since many
other similar ads did, I took the liberty of incorporating an
18th century woodcut of a ship here. |
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Loyalist
Ship
The Restoration sails to plunder the rebels for honour
and profit. Rivington's front page, July 21, 1779.
Upsized. Ditto on the ship (see above) |
Clinton
Proclamation on Protection of Farms
This concerns protecting farms providing food to the British
Army. Rivington's front page, July 21, 1779.
Prices of Loaf and Ship Bread, NYC
Rivington's front page, July 21, 1779.
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Playbill,
Philadelphia 1778
The British officers put on their own plays in order to entertain
themselves.
Taken from the excellent book, With the British Army in Philadelphia
1777-1778 by Jackson. Also, the 2-colour
version (left) is in imitation of the Beggar's
Opera playbill at Williamsburg. |
Proclamation of Occupation
A fabrication based on several authentic sources. The wording
is based heavily on the King's 1775 Proclamation broadside to
the citizens of Boston while the format is identical to proclamations
from Howe or Clinton.
LAR Recruitment Broadside
Based on an actual 1777 recruitment broadside for the Pennsylvania
Loyalists that was printed in Philadelphia. The tavern mentioned
in my version of the broadside - Bull's Head Tavern -
was an actual recruiting location for the Loyal American Regiment
in British-occupied New York City.
LAR Recruitment Notice (from Rivington's Gazette)
Ads exactly identical to this appeared regularly in Rivington's
Royal Gazette in 1778 and 1779.
Blank
Deserter Notice
Based upon the deserter advertisment suggested in Simes' Military
Melody, 1768. Fill in the particulars yourself with a quill
pen and post.
LAR
Deserter Notice (1777)
Same notice but with information in the spaces. The man named
Dennis Collins did, in fact, desert from the Loyal American Regiment
on the date mentioned.
A 1778
notice,
and a 1779
notice. |
