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Dear Brother Our affairs in Canada are at length brot to a conclusion, and we have now to contend with all the bad consequences, which have been apprehended from the Enemy's being in possession of that Country....Our Army, being 7000 brot off all their artillery, stores, baggage & provisions; having destroyd all the forts; & bridges behind them. they are now at Crown point, where they...
Date: 30 June 1776
Volume: Volume 5
my dear Col. I received your Letter with great pleasure, tho contrary to your expectation it paid postage to the hated Post office. as the constitutional post now goes regularly, we may with a safe conscience say how d'ye to each other. It gives me concern to hear that you are withdrawing from public business; upon my word, this is not a time for men of abilities with good intentions to be only...
Date: 21 October 1775
Volume: Volume 2
I wrote to Col. Tayloe two or three days agoe, from whome I suppose you have had the news, and intended by Mr Colston to answer your last letter; but an express from the Camp last night having bro't fresh intelligence I take the advantage of tomorrow's post to communicate it to you. The transports from Ireland with five Regiments compleat have arrived at Boston, a fishing boat, with 6 muskets...
Date: 20 November 1775
Volume: Volume 2
We have had nothing new since the reduction of Montreal, which I suppose you must have heard of. It is supposed Arnold must be in possession of Quebec by this time, if he shou'd be too weak to effect it, Montgomerie will join him from Montreal. At all events we have got the most valuable part of Canada, as it cuts off all communication with the Indians, & prevents inroads on our fronteers. It...
Date: 2 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2
Before you receive this, Mr Colston will have given you all the news of this place when he left it. since which one of our little men of war, called the Lee, capt Manly, has taken a Store ship, loaded with 2000 stand of arms, a great deal of artillery, 30 tons of shot. a quantity of shells & shott for the bombs & Cannon; and a very great quantity of all kinds of Artillery stores; to the...
Date: 12 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
The Gentleman who brings this, will have all our public papers; by which you will see our great success this year, against your infamous Ministry. The Associations & Committees of correspondence, gives us some hopes, that your Hill will soon be graced with their heads. It is my opinion that if the war continues another year, G. Britain & the Colonies are disunited for ever. Our troops now...
Date: 12 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
You have seen the King's speech, which you wou'd suppose, must convince everybody of the bloody intentions of the King & Ministry, but it is far from being the case in this City; for there is a certain Ld Drumond who perswades the Fools who are gaping after a reconciliation, that he is in the secret of the inner Cabinet, that the sincere wish is, to make up with America, upon her own terms,...
Date: 8 January 1776
Volume: Volume 3
I intended to have devoted yesterday to answer your kind Letters by last monday's post; but unexpected business intervened, which prevented me and this day I find my obligation increased by the receipt of yours of the 1st Inst ー I must now content myself with assuring you that I am very sensible of your Friendship, and acquainting you with the occurrences in this part of the world; the only...
Date: 12 February 1776
Volume: Volume 3
. . . We are kept in great anxiety by the extraordinary manoevre of Genl Howe, his going to sea with his Army; we can as yet only guess at his intentions. he was seen last fryday about 50 miles to the southward of these capes, & perhaps may be in chesapeak by the time you receive this; tho we think, if he has any wisdom left, he shoud go to the northward to cooperate with Burgoyne, whose...
Date: 13 August 1777
Volume: Volume 9