Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Diary of Christopher Marshall, April 26, 1775

* * A second express came this afternoon, which see in printed piece annexed. †

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† The leaf marked B., an exact copy of the original slip. The statement that Lord Percy was killed is erroneous. He afterwards fell in the battle of Brandywine.

SOURCE: William Duane, Editor, Passages from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution, Vol. 1, 1774-1777, p. 19

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