Heston's hand-book; being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and county during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries .. . out. He was of gigantic stature and perfectly fearless. When duty called he was always ready. At Flatbush and White Plains, on the toilsome retreat through New Jersey, in the memorable 90 Heston i Ha n d- Book. passage across the Delaware, and the subsequent battles of Trenton andPrinceton, he was ever at the front. The campaign of 1777 had closed, the British army was master ofPhiladelphia, and the Americans had taken up their w
Heston's hand-book; being an account of the settlement of Eyre Haven, and a succinct history of Atlantic City and county during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries .. . out. He was of gigantic stature and perfectly fearless. When duty called he was always ready. At Flatbush and White Plains, on the toilsome retreat through New Jersey, in the memorable 90 Heston i Ha n d- Book. passage across the Delaware, and the subsequent battles of Trenton andPrinceton, he was ever at the front. The campaign of 1777 had closed, the British army was master ofPhiladelphia, and the Americans had taken up their winter quarters atValley Forge. Doyle was continually devising schemes to annoy the various disguises he entered the British lines and gathered intel-ligence of great importance to the Colonial cause. The stores of Philadelphia had been seized by the kings troops, andthe patriotic residents were compelled to obtain the necessities of life,particularly flour, from Bristol, nineteen miles distant. Even this was amatter of difficulty, as the British had posted guards along Vine Street asfar west as the Schuvlkill, and beyond these, toward Frankford, were. stationed the picket guards. A poor woman, whose husband was atValley Forge, had exhausted her stock of provisions, and being unable toget a pass, she managed to elude the guards and reach Bristol Mills, whereshe obtained about twenty pounds of flour, and then set out on her returnto Philadelphia. She had passed the picket line and was almost home,with her children, when the stern voice of a British sentinel commanded herto halt. The woman, with tears in her eyes, stated her case to the soldier,told him of her long journey, of her hungry children, and begged that hewould permit her to pass on. Off, you d—d hussy, replied the brutal red-coat. This flour ismine, and your rebel brats shall have none of it; and snatching the sackfrom her hands, he flung it to the ground. The woman remonstrated andwhile berating the sentine
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