Tuesday June 11 1776--
In the afternoon I was visited by Docr
Townshend & Eustis two old Comrades
took a walk into the City with
them & spent the Evening-- when
Two French vessels arrived here about
3 Days Since loaded with W India Goods
which knocks down the exorbitant Price
of those articles a little-- had Some
Trouble. my Friends Support me, I have many
of them.
12 [June 1776] I mounted
Guard at the N River
in the City with the, Hair Caps, ie. York
Tories who tho they have &
are deserving
of a Bad Character yet they behaved
very well by being kept in good Sub-
-jection. Here I found me a Sweet=
=heart. --There are very many in the
City of York who have behaved in an
inimical Manner to
America, a large
Mob this Day visited many of them &
treated them very inhumanly by car-
-rying them on a Rail through the Streets
Strip-
-ing them &c Many of the Officers endea-
-voured to Suppress them but were un-
-able only to disperse them for a little
time. towards Night they came ni-
-gh our Guard & I desired the
Capt to
turn out the Guard & disperse them
but he was unwilling, however they
did no great Violence to the two