Life in New York is changing, perhaps not for the better. I feel endangered, my rights taken. Who do the redcoats think they are, after all? We are not just simple livestock to be killed whenever they feel in the mood for bacon. We should not be manipulated. And we have rights, do we not?
I hear exclamations in the streets, one New Yorker even saying, "No one loves Liberty more than I do, but of all Tyranny I most dread that of the Multitude." Everything around me is crazy. Will there ever be peace again?The reason for my rage and fear is because today, Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe, his brother, began sailing into our harbor. A patriot soldier saw the naval force, which was huge and unbelievable. It's not right to send warships here, and for such a reason, we will fight back. We will prevail, even though there are 32,000 Redcoats and Hessians, or Germans hired by the British Empire. There are 20,000 people in New York City, and we will fight.
My husband has taken this opportunity to join the military. I bid him farewell, and hope that he shall live through all this, and that I will be able to live without him. There is hope to create a better life for John, Jane and all the children that will be the next generation. For this I pray, and for this I hold on to what I have.
Sources:
Kirk D. Werner. "The American Revolution." Greenhaven Press, 2000.
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