Sold – The Spirit of 1775: Gen. Scott Asks, “Who can prize life without liberty?”
Even as he reports that New York City is at a standstill over the escalating war.
One of the organizers of the Sons of Liberty in New York and twice a member of Congress, he was also a general on active service in 1776-7.
Last page of an Autograph Letter Signed, Greenwich, November 15, 1775, to Varick. “Éevery office shut up almost…All business stagnated, the City half...
One of the organizers of the Sons of Liberty in New York and twice a member of Congress, he was also a general on active service in 1776-7.
Last page of an Autograph Letter Signed, Greenwich, November 15, 1775, to Varick. “Éevery office shut up almost…All business stagnated, the City half deserted for fear of a Bombardment – a new Congress elected – those for New York you will see by the Papers are changed for the better – all staunch Whigs now…Yesterday the new Congress was to meet but I believe they did not make a House. My doctors say I must not attend it nor any other business in some weeks, but I hope they will be mistaken. Nothing from the other side of the water but a fearful looking for of wrath. Our Continental petition most probably condemned, the bulk of the nation [England] (it is said) against us, and a bloody campaign next summer. But let us be prepared for the worst. Who can prize life without liberty? It is a bauble only fit to be thrown away…I am sorry your General’s most unfortunate sickness has not permitted you to gratify that ardor you have expressed for the service of your Country. All your relations are well – your Uncle McAdam is my neighbor for the winter. We are very friendly for opposites in politics.”
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