Author: George H. WarnerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331928549
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Excerpt from Military Records of Schoharie County Veterans of Four Wars The products of the valley and the homes and lives of its inhabit ants became objects for the care and protection of the home rulers, and at the same time, marked subjects for the torch, tomahawk, and scalping - knife of the foreign aggressor. Just previous to and at the time of the first invasion of the valley the sentiments or politics of the inhabitants became pronounced, and the distinction between Tory and Rebel neighbors became marked. Brother opposing brother, and son against father, in several instances. The Rebel of the Revolution was the man who had, and whose ancestors had, labored to make a home in a new land. And not only believed in his rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but that the preservation of all the fruits of his toil, and his freedom to enjoy them, depended on resisting an avaricious and exacting foreign power to the last. A Tory of the Revolution was that ubiquitous thing, existing in every period of the world's history. Who had no patriotism and less courage, and who hoped for success of the power ful invader, that he might be allotted the lands and home of his thrifty neighbor, as a reward for being a scoundrel. The term Tory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
