New York city during the American revolution
Subtitle: Being a collection of original papers (now first published) from the manuscripts in the possession of the Mercantile library association, of New York city.
Contributors: Tomlinson, Abraham; Dawson, Henry B. 1821-1889.
Publisher: Privately printed for the Association
Published: 1861
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Sources; New York (State) -- History -- Sources; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Sources
Genres: Sources
Notes: A selection from the "Tomlinson collection," maniscripts gethered by Abraham Tomlinson of New York and purchased by the Association.  The historical notes are, with few exceptions, by H.B. Dawson.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: New York city in 1767 [by H.B. Dawson]-  The Stamp act riot: A letter written the day following, Nov. 2, 1765.-  New York in 1770: The "Sons of liberty" [extract from a letter by B.Y. Prime]-  Col. Marinus Willett's narrative: Seizure of arms from the British troops ordered to Boston [1775]-  The Hickey plot: Letters from P.T. Curtenius, John Varick, jr., and Solomon Drowne, M.D.-  New York correspondence: Extracts from letters ... 1775 and 1776.-  The battle of Harlem Plains: A letter written by Gen. George Clinton.-  New York loyalists of 1776: Addresse to Lord and General Howe, and to Sir William Tryon, with the names of nearly one thousand signers.-  Preparations for evacuation: Letters from Lieut.-Col. Smith ... in 1783.-  Statement of William Butler, esq.: Account of the occupation of New York city, by the British, from 1776 to 1783.-  Sir Henry Clinton's defence: Reasons for not attacking Washington ... near King's Bridge ... 1781.