| Title: | Letter from Cork |
|---|---|
| ID | 3879 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | 1771-80/34 |
| Year | 1776 |
| Sender | unknown |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | army officer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Cork, Ireland |
| Destination | unknown |
| Recipient | unknown |
| Recipient Gender | unknown |
| Relationship | re American War of Independence |
| Source | The Londonderry Journal & General Advertiser, Vol V. No.455, Tuesday, October 15th, 1776 |
| Archive | The Ulster American Folk Park |
| Doc. No. | 9909032 |
| Date | 15/10/1776 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 27:08:99. |
| Word Count | 254 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | Another letter from Corke [Cork?] " I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that this day a vessel arrived from New York, which she left the 8th of September, when our troops were in possession of Long Island; they took about 1500 prisoners, and had killed upwards of 1000 in attempting to make their escape to New York, where they were intercepted by our frigates; vast numbers were drowned in trying to swim to the opposite shore, which is about an English mile. Our troops sustained but a trifling loss - A Mr. Reeves, and some other officers, are come over in her. Every thing was prepared to bombard the town when the vessel came away, and not any sort of doubt can be made of their succeeding. A Mr. Gordon here has received a particular account, but refuses to make it known till the dispatches for England (which are gone express) be some hours on their way. If I mistake not, they had begun the bombardment as this transport, which is an old East Indiaman in government service, came off; they all fled the instant our troops landed, but their retreat was cut off by the frigates. I have been informed by a gentleman who made his escape in the night from New York, and came passenger in the said vessel from thence, that they are wretchedly [c-oa--ed?], and he was convinced our conquest, notwithstanding the number of troops in the town, would not be attended with so great a loss as the attack on Bunker's Hill." |
