Thursday, November 17, 2011

Entry 15: July 20, 1782

Dear Diary,
Change is occurring so rapidly! On July 11th, the British evacuated Savanna, Georgia. Slowly, they are leaving the colonies. There are still British soldiers near me, but people are beginning to leave. Is the war over? I cannot say for sure; however, it seems as though things are becoming calm again. I have yet to see another large, raging battle take place.

The following news took a while to get here, but it astonishes me as well. Lord North has resigned as Prime Minister of England, as of March 20. Is he resigning because he lost America?

Also, I received a letter this morning, coming from quite far southward. It was in my husband's handwriting, which I could recognize from a mile away. The letter had few words, but read, "All is well."

Sources: 
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:Lord_North.jpg

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