Swallow joins the Continental Army when the American Revolution breaks out-- partly because he believes in the Patriot cause, and partly because he hopes this will advance his own status.
However, his wife is skeptical of the Patriot cause and supports the British instead. She lives in British occupied Newport during the American Revolution and keeps a secret diary addressed to him, talking about how scared she is of the war and for his safety. He returns home after the war and they live in Newport until their deaths in the early 1800s.
However, his wife is skeptical of the Patriot cause and supports the British instead. She lives in British occupied Newport during the American Revolution and keeps a secret diary addressed to him, talking about how scared she is of the war and for his safety. He returns home after the war and they live in Newport until their deaths in the early 1800s.