Joshua Huddy
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Captain Joshua Huddy was an American military officer and privateer. Born in Salem County, New Jersey, he struggled with financial difficulties in adulthood and was repeatedly convicted of several cri
Huddy being led from prison to be hanged, early 20th century depiction
Cenotaph for Huddy on the grounds of the Old Tennent Church
Asgill Affair
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The Asgill Affair or Huddy-Asgill Affair was a diplomatic incident during the American Revolution named after a British army officer, Captain Charles Asgill.
Joshua Huddy
…of Loyalists removed Huddy from British custody and summarily executed him by hanging. His execution led to a furore among Patriots and sparked the Asgill Affair, in which the Continental Army arranged for the summary execution of British officer Charles Asgill, an act that violated the terms of the 1781 Articles…
Colourised image of Charles Asgill, from a mezzotint of lost c. 1820 original by Thomas Phillips
2022 depiction of the drawing of lots at the Black Bear Tavern, 27 May 1782
Timothy Day's Tavern, Chatham, NJ, the location of Asgill's imprisonment in 1782, 1967 drawing