Thursday, November 17, 2011

Entry 10: August 30, 1779

                             Dear Diary,
Spain has now officially joined the war as of June 21, declaring their stance against Britain. Bernardo de Galvez, the governor of Louisiana, is serving as a great ally for us and is seizing many southern British forts. 


There has been more action closer to me as well. General Anthony Wayne captured Stony Point, New York in mid-July. The attack, I've heard, was a very carefully planned one, all the soldiers knowing what they were to do and the plan itself kept secret. Sixty-three British were killed, and only fifteen Americans died, though the number of wounds differs.


To provide for my children, I've been working very hard to earn money. I sew many things to sell to other colonists, and I've managed to earn enough to feed them. I miss my husband, whose job helped provide for everything. John and Jane are five years old now, and I love my family dearly. I'm holding on to what I have in hopes that he will return, though a doubt has risen in my mind. Is he even still alive?

Sources: Deverell White. "Tennessee United States History Beginnings to 1877 ." Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 2008.
Kindig, Thomas. Independence Hall Association. "Revolutionary War Timeline." UShistory. 1999-2011. <http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm>


Picture: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernardo_de_Galvez.jpg

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