Excerpt from New York City During the American Revolution: Being a Collection of Original Papers (Now First Published) From the Manuscripts in the Possession of the Mercantile Library Association of New York City During the former part of this time - until September 1776 - the city was the fcene of no ordinary excitement. Patriots and loyalifis dwelt here together, but the lines which dif'tinguiflled them were fafi being drawn. The Britifh foldiers and the Sons of Liberty were mutually exafperating each other, and their feelings could not be wholly kept in check. It was not then, indeed, that the firuggle againli foreign ufurpation firfi commenced in this city. It had been going on for well nigh a century. But it was now taking that determined form which was to lead to victory and independence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.