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Heartless
& Cruel William Cunningham |
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A song by
Chris Jennings about the end of
the American Revolution. |
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New York
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ÒI shudder at the murders I have been accessory toÉespecially
while in New York, during which time there were more than two thousand
prisoners starvedÉby stopping their rations, which I sold.Ó (William
Cunningham, 1791). |
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ÒAbout 9 A.M., while Mrs. Day was sweeping in front of her
door, Cunningham himself appeared in a scarlet coat and powdered wig. He commanded her to haul down the
rebel flag. Again she
refused. He seized the halyards
to the job himself; whereupon Mrs. Day took her broom and clobbered him until
powder rose in a white mist from his wig and gore gushed from his nose. With his Ôfront as red as his back,Õ
Cunningham retreated. This was
the last conflict of the war.Ó (The Epic of New York,
p.173). |
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