Diary of Samuel Richards, Captain of Connecticut Line, War of Revolution, 1775-1781 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Diary of Samuel Richards, Captain of Connecticut Line, War of Revolution, 1775-1781 (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Richards and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Diary of Samuel Richards, Captain of Connecticut Line, War of Revolution, 1775-1781 One of. Our whale vessels arriving into the harbor of Newport while the Gaspee schooner was lying there one of her officers came on board declared his design of impressing one of the crew: the captain made a mark in some salt, and declared to the officer if he passed that he would harpoon him: the officer regardless of the threat advanced on which the Captain thrust the harpoon at him which caused his death. 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.