[Philadelphia] Monday Decr. 18. An Express arrived from Montreal with Letters from Gen. Montgomery, Col. Arnold & others, Eleven Vessels are taken near Montreal by our people who have also seized Brig. Prescot [Richard Prescott] who had caused all the Powder to be thrown overboard, but the Ships contain plenty of Provision ー Ethan Allen is sent to England in Irons ー Col. James Livingston is about to raise a Regiment of Canadians in our pay for One Year. Arnold is near Quebec but has not Men enough to surround it & his Powder so damaged, that he has only 5 Rounds apiece ー Montgomerys Soldiers very disobedient & many of them Come Home without Leave ー Frauds discovered in some of his Officers ー Gen Washn in great Want of Powder & most of the Connectt Troops have left his Army ー Accounts of a Skirmish in Virginia and great Preparations in England for an Invasion of Us in the Spring ー We sat from 10 oCloc till the Dusk of the Evening
1. Richard Smith's Diary, LC.