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This Morning thirty Carpenters left this to repair to Skenesborough, by the way of Ticonderoga in Order to construct Gundaloes, altho' Nothing is prepared for building them ー I hope nevertheless to finish one in a short Time, at least, I will do every Thing in my power to compleat it the soonest possible, and for that purpose; I shall leave this to Morrow to put all in Train...
I wish a person...
Date: 31 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I have been long and deeply impressed with a just Sense of the Importance of maintaining our Ground in Canada: It was therefore a most pleasing Circumstance to me to see General [William] Thompson's Brigade followed by that of General [John] Sullivan. If possible, I wish to see another succeed the last ー I have thought it prudent to prepare for its Conveyance across the Lakes, having built since...
Date: 31 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Bearer is going with a Number of Carpenters to Skenesborough you will please to furnish him with what Hand Jacks are at Tyconderoga and with a Grind Stone ー please also to send with him a Black Smith, if you have any that can be spared from your post I am Dr Sir [&c.]
Date: 31 May 1776
Volume: Volume 5
You are without Delay to proceed to Skenesborough by the Way of Tyconderoga, on your arrival there you will take Charge of the Carpenters, Ax-men, Teamsters & Blacksmiths at that place and do every Thing in your power to forward the Building of the Gundaloes and to procure plank and whatever may be necessary ー the Saw Mill must be immediately repaired. ー a Mr Granger who resides in that...
Date: 7 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Letter which I had the Honor to write You Yesterday, I delivered to General Wooster who sailed this Day. ー
I have within this half Hour received a Letter from General Arnold of Which the inclosed is a Copy I fear the next will announce the Evacuation of Canada by our Troops, probably with' Loss, as I fear that not a sufficient Attention has been paid to a Recommendation of Mine, to bring all...
Date: 12 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I had Just closed my Letter No 1. When I received the Inclosed from General Sullivan which was Left open for my perusal I am extreamly Happy that it contains such Favorable Accounts and do myself the pleasure to Congratulate your Excellency ー I am still in Hopes if reinforcements are soon sent we shall hold Canada, Especially as the Canadians are so friendly ー I am however humbly of Opinion That...
Date: 12 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
The Spot w[h]ere Tyonderoga now stands was I conceive very Judiciously Occupied by the French because It Commanded both the Passes by Water into these Colonies, and afforded an Easy Access to any Reinforcements they might Chuse to send up, as well as a safe Retreat whenever they might be under the Necessity of Making One. ー But altho' It equally Commands, now in our Possession, the Waters which...
Date: 17 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I could not proceed with my Letter of last Night as my Fever after an Absence of two Hours returned and has Continued until half an Hour ago, Since which I have received a Letter from Colo: [Cornelius] Wynkoop inclosing Copy of One from Colo: [Enoch] Poor to him, Dated the 15th at St Johns, and advises that "Our Army are now on their Retreat out of Canada and as there is not Batteaus enough here...
Date: 20 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Your dispatches arrived at a Quarter past eleven this morning.
I very sincerely deplore the disagreable situation of you & our Army in Canada, and altho I applaud your Magnanimous spirit yet I cannot by any means approve that you should "think only of a glorious death or a victory obtained against superior Numbers" These sentiments should take place when every other resource is cut off, and...
Date: 20 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Dear Sir An Hour ago I received Your Letter of the 20th Inst. Containing the first Syllable of Intelligence I have recd from Skenesborough since I left It. ー
As soon as the first Gondola is finished, write to Colo. Wynkoop to send for her & so of the next, & let me know by the Return of the Bearer, the exact Dimensions of Each, Length, Breadth & Depth. they must be fixed to receive...
Date: 22 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
One Gundalo is finished at Skenesborough and a second is already planking, and I hope if my Health permit me, when I return from the Westward to build one every six Days.
Date: 24 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
...The Grief I feel on the Evacuation of Canada by our Troops, is greatly alleviated by the little Loss sustained in the Retreat and the Hope I have that we shall maintain a Superiority on the Lakes.
Be pleased to order up six Anchors and Cables for the Gundaloes that are constructing of the Size of what is called the small Anchor and Cable of an Albany Sloop.
I shall immediately write to...
Date: 25 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
General Sullivan with our Northern Army is now at Isle au noix to which place he retired on the 18th inst. having conducted his retreat from the Sorrel in such a manner as not to lose a man and only nine batteaus with three pieces of Cannon ー For particulars, as I am crouded with business, permit me to refer you to Mr [Jonathan] Trumbull [Jr.] who will write you by the Bearer ー We have, happily,...
Date: 25 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
If any Cutlasses, Stink pots and Hand Grenades can be got I beg they may also be sent for the Use of our armed Vessels...
Date: 1 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
On Your Arrival at this Place, You are to put Yourself under the Command of H[e]rmanus Schuyler Esqr A. D. Q. Mr: General, Who will giveYou Directions as to the Work You are to do here; Every Company oftwenty five Men will undertake the Building & Constructing such a Vessel as he shall direct. He will furnish You with the Materials. ー
As in the present State of Affairs Every Article of...
Date: 4 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Whatever Carpenters may arrive from any of the Colonies are to be immediately forwarded to Skenesborough by the Way of Wood Creek, & You will therefore write to Mr [Christopher J.] Yates who is at Cheshires to Order Batteaus to that Place, that they may not be detained there. ー
Date: 18 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
Your Excellency's Favour of the 17th Instant was last Night delivered me by Mr Bennet.
If I had with me the Remonstrance of the Field Officers against quiting Crown Point. I should attempt to point out the Insufficiencys of each of the several Reasons they gave against the removal of the Army to Ticonderoga and which would at the same time shew on which I founded my Opinion of the propriety of...
Date: 24 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
By all Means advance the Carpenters Money, For I wish to get them at Work & will humour them with any thing to obtain that End. ー
Inclose You a List of Stores sent up Mr Hughes. If arrived, forward them to Tyonderoga, You will find a Duplicate of the List I sent down to General Washington when I wrote him on the 12th instant, ー Such Articles of that List as have not been sent up, You must...
Date: 25 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
I should have thought that on such an Emergency as this is & when rigging cannot be had, that Every Person would readily lend a helping hand, If You cannot succeed in procuring the Articles mentioned, from the Proprietors of Sloops at Albany, And that the Committee upon a written Application in my Name, specifying the Articles, will not Oblige them to furnish Us, You must dispatch two...
Date: 31 July 1776
Volume: Volume 5
General Arnold in a Letter of the 24th Ult: from Tyonderoga advises me, that only seventy Sailors could be drafted out of the Army and that three hundred would be wanting and intreated that Measures should be taken to procure them - I have accordingly written to Governor Trumbull on the Subject, and as General Arnold suggested that they could not be got for the Wages allowed Seamen by Congress (...
Date: 1 August 1776
Volume: Volume 6