When was it published?

January 10, 1777 in The Virginia Gazette

Domestic News January 10, 1777

The Virginia Gazette

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

British, Hessian Mercenaries, Waldeck Mercenaries, Rittenhouse

Q: What keywords are associated?

British Atrocities, Hessian Mercenaries, New York Destruction, Trenton Library, Princeton Orrery, Revolutionary War

Williamsburg, Virginia

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What is this article about?

British forces and Hessian/Waldeck mercenaries committed atrocities against civilians, especially women, in New York and New Jersey, and destroyed New York's water works, Trenton's public library, and Rittenhouse's orrery at Princeton College.

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To the melancholy picture already exhibited of the brutal behaviour of the British (who vainly boast of being "ever pre-eminent in mercy") aided by Hessian and Waldeck mercenaries, in New York and New Jersey, it gives us pain to add, that they have not only outraged the feelings of humanity to many people who were so unhappy as to fall into their hands, particularly the fair sex, but have degraded themselves beyond the power of language to express, by wantonly destroying the curious water works at New York, an elegant publick library at Trenton, and the grand orrery made by the celebrated Rittenhouse, which was placed in the college at Princeton, a piece of mechanism which the most untutored savage, staying the hand of violence, would have beheld with wonder, reverence, and delight!

Thus are our cruel enemies warring against liberty, virtue, and the arts and sciences.

"How are the mighty fallen!"

What sub-type of article is it?

Military Disaster

What keywords are associated?

British Atrocities Hessian Mercenaries New York Destruction Trenton Library Princeton Orrery Revolutionary War

What entities or persons were involved?

British Hessian Mercenaries Waldeck Mercenaries Rittenhouse

Where did it happen?

New York And New Jersey

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

New York And New Jersey

Key Persons

British Hessian Mercenaries Waldeck Mercenaries Rittenhouse

Outcome

outrages against many people, particularly the fair sex; destruction of water works at new york, public library at trenton, and orrery at princeton college.

Event Details

British aided by Hessian and Waldeck mercenaries exhibited brutal behaviour in New York and New Jersey, outraging humanity by mistreating captives especially women, and destroying water works at New York, public library at Trenton, and Rittenhouse's orrery at Princeton college.