Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Literary Diary Ezra Stiles, D.D., LL. D., President of Yale College, Vol. 2: Edited Under the Authority of the Corporation of Yale University, March 14, 1776 December 31, 1781 March, 1776. 14. At VII this Morning landed safely at Dighton. 15. Carted my goods to M Whitmarshes, half of whose house I have hired for sixteen Dollars a year. 16. Lodged with my family in my own hired House. 17. Ldsday. I preached at Dighton. A.M. on Tit. ii, 11-14. P.M. Rev. xii, 11. This morning, or rather about Midnight, a fireing at Boston very heavy about Sunrise heard here till Noon, while we were at Meeting by persons at Meeting. 18. About Xa.M. Mr. Channing brot in the agreeable but almost incredible News, that yesterday, the Kings Troops evacuated Boston: and 500 of ours having had the smallpox entered and took possession of it. Confirmed by repeated Reports from Taunton all Day. 19. Cdl. Ezra Richmond at XI A.M. informed me that a man is arrived who lodged in Boston the night before last, says 1500 of our Troops entered Boston on Lordsday and that the Pltmder Desolation was not so bad as we had heard. Mr. just from the Camp told me he saw our troops enter Boston on Iisday. This Afternoon I rode to Taunton. In the Evening we saw a fire in the North. 20. We learn that the Fire last night was at the Castle; the Kings Troops set fire to a Blockhouse there. 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.