June 8 1776
Nothing material happened--
9th [July 1776] in the
Afternoon went to the City
& engaged a Gentleman to teach a Num=
-ber of us the French Language.
visited Miss Betsy Grim & Lieut Haywd
this Afternoon the Declaration of the
Independence of the 13 American
States was read to the Several Briga-
-des, it was received with Joy which they
Severally testified by three Cheers
10th [July 1776] Orders
were Issued for a March
our Brigade to be in readiness
at 4 o clock tomorrow Morning for
a March we all imagined that wee
were designed to make an Attack upon
the Enemy on
Staten Island, but on
farther consideration we had reason
to doubt of it as no perticular Orders
were Issued with Respect to our Bagage
which would be Necessary to take
with us if this was the Intention of the
General -- Last Night the Statue
on the Bowling Green representing
George Ghwelph alias George Rex
(descri-
bed
June 19th [1776]) was pulled
down by the
Populace in it were 4000 Pounds of
Lead & a Man undertook to take of 10 oz of