[Newport] October 18.
Yesterday the Colony Troops on this Isld opened Trenches at Howlands Ferry at the N E Corner of the Isld. The To Council have sent off 3 Gentlemen to Gen. Washington & D. Govr Cooke at Cambridge to advise on the Removal of the Troops. This is a Tory Maneuvre to get the Troops away.
1. Dexter, ed., Diary of Ezra Stiles, I, 625.
