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Yesterday on the road I had the honour of receiving yours, and ought to make a thousand apologies for not having answered it immediately, but the circumstance of being on the road, together with the necessity of finishing some despatches to General Washington, and to the Continental Congress, rendered it almost impossible.
I should certainly, sir, have apprized you of my march, had I not...
Date: 23 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
A transport is this instant arriv'd in this harbour with Troops altho it is said that General Clinton gave his honour that not a Soldier was destin'd for this place as We have, Sir, a great deal to do, many works to throw up, Long Island to secure ー and a considerable deal of duty necessary for the safety of the City ー and as the four Battalions orderd to be rais'd in this Province can not...
Date: 9 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
Sir As the North River is now intirely clear of ice I thought it imprudent to suffer the cannon and other stores to remain any longer upon the Battery and in yards at the very water edge from whence the Ships of War Might have convey'd [th]em at their pleasure, as it would have been impossible to have obstructed their Manoeuvres almost within the Very [muz]zles of their guns ー this day therefore...
Date: 11 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
... The Governor and Capt of Man of War had threatend perdition to the Town if the Cannon was remov'd from the Batteries and wharfs, but I ever considerd their threats as a Brutum fulmen, and even perswaded the Town to be of the same way of thinking ー We accordingly conveyd them to a place of safety in the middle of the day, and no cannonade ensued ー Capt [Hyde] Parker [Jr.] publishes a pleasant...
Date: 14 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
I think it my duty to inform you that the Phoenix and Governor Tryons Ship are already out of the harbour and that the Asia is under sail ー They most probably have had intelligence of the danger which threatens their Comrade the Mercury and General [Henry] Clinton from your Fleet, and are saild with an intention of attacking it ー as it may be thought prudent to apprize your Fleet of the...
Date: 17 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3