LOYALISTS & BRITISH, 1778. British troops, accompanied by Loyalists, marching across New Jersey following the evacuation of Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War, 18 June 1778. Wood engraving, 1877, after Felix O.C. Darley.

LOYALISTS & BRITISH, 1778. British troops, accompanied by Loyalists, marching across New Jersey following the evacuation of Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War, 18 June 1778. Wood engraving, 1877, after Felix O.C. Darley. — Pledging Allegiance—To the King. Many colonists who fervently believed in the Crown signed public oaths of allegiance to the monarchy, above. These recorded displays of fealty sometimes meant that it was best for signatories to get out of town, left, when British armed forces retreated. (Granger, NYC)

Granger, NYC