A war by
any other name....
It seems not
everyone in London languished in post-war pain for years and years after the
American colonists won the Revolutionary War.
Shortly after the November 20, 1785, death of Sir James
Wright, the last British royal governor of the colony of Georgia, a London
newspaper commented on his colonial service in his obituary:
“… As he presided in
[Georgia] for two and twenty years with distinguished ability and integrity, it
seems to be a tribute justly due to his merit as a faithful servant of his king
and Country. Before the commotions in
America, his example of industry and skill in the cultivation and
improvement of Georgia was of eminent advantage…”
We call it the “Revolutionary War.”
The late 18th century obituary writer in the
Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser called it “the commotions in America.”
I guess there was some small comfort in taking that point of
view….
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2014
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