The Diary of Sgt Moses Sproule

 Another gift to us from James R. Sproule, author and collector of all things Sproule. This post contains a LINK to the book.

Introduction by James R. Sproule

Many years ago I heard that one of our ancestors had kept a diary in the summer of 1779 during the American Revolutionary War. After a good deal of searching I finally tracked down the diary of Sergeant Moses Sproule of the New Jersey Regiment of the Continental Army. His diaries had luckily been published by the New York Historical Society in 1957. It is not known where, indeed if, there are any surviving original documents.

As a diarist myself, I always enjoy reading old diaries and I hope others might find them of interest as well. As an aside, my own direct ancestor Abraham Ardesoif (himself a descendent of John Sproule of Athlone) also fought in the American Revolutionary War, but in the Royal Navy as a Captain of HMS Royal Oak!

The LINK for the book can be found here - The Diary of Sgt Moses Sproule

Thanks again to James for this wonderful contribution to our Sproule family history. This is a real diary, the daily entries of Quartermaster Sergeant Moses Sproule, and it can be a bit gorey! No hint is given as to the family origins of Moses Sproule in this volume. James R. Sproule is a collecter and writer on the Sproules, and he wrote the book Eight Centuries of Spreul and Sproule Families, which is available on Amazon. Thanks James for another treasure.