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^W ?f a '"" r frox Gmnal C !. C'^ir to Coif's, Raid
Pert. Edvard 7,4 E / 7 7 0
.SIR
CONGRESS may ,rebab, ? hQ it extraordinary
thatfimuci time Should have elapfu4 before they
fi^rd rem mrrf er i ft%p of fach co&f*quenc# tie th#
evacuation of the pafti thnthad bran earreftad to my
care ; batit was hot in my pswer t^ write whiftux
the march to this piece. lam firry to bad that' rar
letter to Gen. Schuyler the eight the evacuation foek
place has not come to hi, hsßds, as for.want *f that,
though ha hat daub Ufa inf^r^ed Cong,sft of the mai
gir, ho conld as, give them the reasons that induced
k: they ire th%ft :
Seeing that the posts of Ticonderoga and Meant
Independence were nearly framed, sad having intel
ligence b, ray fpiesihat they wr^d be completely so
in twenty four hours, when we fh^eld be cat off frem
all poffi 'iiity of faccour .•that the batteries of the e
xem, were red, t* open, and the whole of oar en
cwpmant an the Ticonderoga fide exposed to their
fire : confine iag at the fame time the weakness of the
gariifon, that efc&ire numbers wore net frffimnt to
man end half es the works, sad that cenfequendy the
whole must be upon aenfiant duty, which they could
riot possibly tagfuft^in, a>d chat of can fa the places
with tie garrifea mufl inevitably in a very few days
fell into the eAtmft heads. Ifiw ne alternative, but
endeavouring to evacuate them, and bring off the ar
my. Whereupon I called the general officers t^ge
^2r to take their fOTira^ts. They were nnanimeuf.
1, of opinio that the plcn Should bo evacuated wi&
eat ths least bfi of rirae, and it was accordingly fit a
bwrthat »isht, the gth infant. After embarking in
how a*,much of eu cannon, prevision and stores as
was pfole, with the batts which were ordered to
s^4fb,r<%h, I feat €of. Long, an aaive, diligent,
good officer, te take the comm,nd there, with his re
firaeat and the italic a, until I Should j< in him with
the army, which was to march to that place b, Ca£le
ton. The bed, of the am, reached Caftleton the
a^zteve^r, thirty mid from Ticonderoga, end 12
from sk^e lb rcaf, ; tut the rear guard, under the
<3Mw^d of Cel. Waner, which, with the Stragglers
and infirm, amounted to near 1200 flapped Short of
that place 6 ^im, and were next meaning attacked by
a Strong ditach^eat the enemy had feat to hang upon
ear rear & retard ear march. Two regiments of mili
tia, who had left as the evening before and had halted
about z ailes from Col. Warmer, were immediately
©r^rva to his affiiaace, but to my great surprise they
Marched immediately down to me ; at the fame time
1 rccaive^information that theenray were in prff ffi.n
of Skeen fb -rough, and had Cut < ffour boats and armed
veffsls. This obliged me to charge my rcue, that I
might not be put between tw fires,& atih fame time
be able te bring eff Col. Warner, to whom I feat or
ders if he fiend the enemy too ftre%g,tu retreat to Rut
land, where he would find rae to cever him,that place
lying nearly at an equal distance from bath : before
my orders reached him his party was difpsrfsd, after
having for a co fiWeble time fufained a very warm
•%ageaent, in wkih the enemy Suffered fa much
t^t they parfued but a Carli diffuses : Oar left I
sennet afceetain, bat believe it does net exceed forty
killed and wounded. Abear 200 of the party have
Jland ma at Ru %d and finer, but great numbers of
sheas ar# fill miffing, and I ufpe& have got down in
to Nm^Eaghad by th^wa, of Number. Far. After
a very fatiguing rcarch of 7 days, in which the army'
faff.red much from bad weather and want cf provia
ana, I foiled Gen. Scantier the 12^ ivft.
Ia was my oiigm! »!an to retreat to this place, that
Inbightbe between G^rra, Bu;g&yne and the inha.
bitant,, ana that the militia night have farcething in
this quarter to collet te ; it is now efr&d, and the
militia are coming in, so that I have the mefi sanguine
h^pea that the pragrtf# of the enemy will be checked,
&I may yet huve the fatisfaaion to exvariance, that al
th<^h I have left apod,l here eventually favad aSiate.
Perhaps I may bs censured by th&fe who are unac,
spiainted with the irwatien I was in. for not footer
citing the militia to ray affiftamca. I think I inform
ed Cn^grifs I could not de that for want of previfiuns
and v for as Ixe a f^pply I did call for them, and
was jxn^d by nesr nine hundred the day before the e
vacuerion, but they cam from h om , so ill provided
that they cud not err did not propefe te stay with
me ^^fc^ deyr. The two M^ffuhufett# regiments
of militia l^wif% which cempafed part es the garri
"% gave ^e notice that their time expired in two
days, and fry intend d then to go he^e. In vain
did l te^ of <hrir cffi^ n te exert every influence they
hod evsr them, a^d from heir subs quant behaviour I
am full, perfumed # h*< th# officers are rood to b 4se.
They kapt wih me, however for two days on the
march, bet th^ir card & ~ fi licentious and difer
derly, that their sxsmpb begisning to ^a thecenti
tM@*iVo ps Iwsc^ft^iued to fend them cff.
Incleftd is a copy ^ the council es w^t, in which
you will find the p d^pes upon which the retreat was
o^ruken^ As 1 fc& d all me General officers so
ful'y of opinion that it ffiold be dene immediately, I
fobo+e to rar^tfen to them many circe^ft^ncci that
Might have ir&enpd them, and which I fauid have
hid hefiire them hid >ii„ been of effir^t feutimentr,
for I var, anti dill &m, so firmly cvuvinced es the me
c*fii y, v, well as the propriety of it, that I believe I
&wd hnvs vs^uied ujoa i., had they been every one
ori*4is.
1 h^e tho no^fl confifoce in the can'-u- of
C^rTs, red perfume rorfilf, matwithlandlag the
Whly a^c tiu«md„Hhfß' thy have imptaiaily
c^fide fed, that I was pefl^d wist Hute more thl^ ^®
th^uf^d man hr a p:aca which reqxiud 10 000 to de
fend it ; that these two thsufered were ill equipped,
and warfe armed, net ab^ve' one bayonet in ten, aa
arm Affsntiai in the deforce of lines ; that with these
two thsufiadl have made a good retreat fica upder
the nose efan array at legfl four times their numbers,
and have them now betwixt the dmtay and the c^a2-
' r „ ready te sQ agai^ft them, that my cendu& will
appear at leak not dsferving ceafure.
I hive the honour to b*, &c.
AR. ST, CLAIR.
e P. S. The engmr'r farce, fam the bast acc&ucts,
i # 3 500 Brijih, 4000 B.ufwick rad Haffs Hanau,
200 laaiins and 200 C*nsd ; ans.
The H^ fsbu Hancock, E^.
A; a Couucil of General Officers held at
Ticonderoga,
PRESENT,
Major-General St, Clair,'
Brig. General De Roche Fermoy,
Brig. General Poor,
Brig. General Patterson,
Col. Commandant Long,
GENERAL St. Clair represented to the
Council, that as there is every Reason
to believe that the Batteries of the Enemy
are ready to open upon Ticonderoga Side,
and that the Camp is , very much exposed
to their Fire, and to be enfiladed on all
Quarters ; and as there is alio Reaton to ex
pea an attack upon Ticonderoga and Mount
independance at the fame Time, in which
Case neither would draw any Support from
the other, he defines their opinion whether
it would be most proper to remove the
Tents to the low Ground where they would
be less exposed, and wait the attack, at the
Ticonderoga lines, or, whether the whole
of the Troops should be drawn over to
Mount-Independence, the more effectually
to provide for the Defence cf that Post.
At the fame Time the General begged
Leave to inform them, that the whole of our
Force confined of 2089 effective Rank and
File, including 124 Artificers unarmed, be
sides the Corps of Artillery, and about 900
Militia that had joined us, and cannot stay
buta few Days.
The Council were unanimously of Opini
on, that it is iirpoffible with our Force to
defend Ticonderoga and Mount Indepen
dence, and that the Troops, Cannon and
Stores should be removed that Night if pos
sible, to Mou^t Independence.
2d Whether after the Division of the Ar
my at Ticonderoga have retreated to Mount
Independence, and shall be in a Situation to
defend that Port, or in Case it cannot be
defended ifa Retreat into the Country will
be practicable.
The Council are unanimously of Opinion
that, as the Enemy, have already nearly
surrounded us, and there remains nothing
more to invest us completely but their occu
pying the Neck of and betwixt the Lakes
and the East Creek, which is not more than
three quarters of a Mile over, and possessing
themselves of the Narrows betwixt us
and Skeenfborough, and thereby cutting off
all Communication with the Country ; a Re
treat ought to be undertaken as soon as possi
ble, and that we Iball be very fortunate to
effect it.
Signed, A. St. Clair, Major-General.
De Roche Fermcy, Brig. Gen.
Enoch Poor, Brigadier General.
J hn Patterson, Brig. General.
Col Cc mmandant Long,
A true Copy taken from rhe Original,
Isaac Budd Dunn, A. D. C.
Publiffied by Order 0? Congress,
CHARLES THOMSON, Sec'ry.
FIS H-K I L L, July 3 i-
Left Monday was banged at Fort Montgome
ry, one of Lord Howe's recruiting officers.
La# week another of the fame gentlemen was
banged at Peeks-Ktll.
BOSTON, July 31.
By a gentleman who arrived in town yeflerday
and who left our northern army last Friday, we
learn that they have dismantled Fort Edward
and retired to Moses Greek ; where they are de<
termived to make a fland.
NE^-H^^EN, July j&
By federal perfens from the Wefoward, wd
are credtby injoimed, That on Thursday lad a
numerous fleet failed from New. fork, with
troops, Juppofed to be bound for Philadelphia,
and that General Washington, ,has marched with
d large body of his army to oppose them ; which
are all the particulars we learn of this grand
movement,
HERTFORD, foft 4.
Extraa of s letter frem M^fe# Crtik, J&y 16.
" ,H% ba^ejuf bad a br^fo «vitb tbf^ra.,a' Fort Ed^
<wsrd, aad in vbico Li^t. so Fegbu&, <uEs ms i*ta.
navi, butch^d a^fa&. T <WO °JQ^^E ^fo.
uato ^m likraifo Rilkb.dfe&„f ^ &fth tow bad
libbi; bands cut ts Ybg,^k & ,§u*g wu^a^ fosg
M'Cffs, by natatt out of a bsufi at FortEfooE, carmo!
her abcut half a mih tag the bxfas, a-d ^m Ulbd fy
fc^l„d her in cold bhod. Tta ba^ hil^d ^ fca„d a
notbsr <vraa% near tb< Jams flacc"
Died last Monday of the Small Pox, in the
37^ I ear of her Age, Mlfs Rachel Nichols
of this Place. By a blameless, prudent, and
virtuous Life and Converjation (he gained the
EJteem of her Friends and Acquaintance, and di
ed much lamented. Was employed for federal
Tears in keeping one of the public Schools in this
Town.\
Lisbon ine b, tbs Quarter (jk
ts CROCKERY WARE, <wdlfrt^d co^fideriwg she
feriy, ^b fad 6, STEPhEN MUdi IN so
Hertford As^aft 4 . 1777..
A GUN w do dflive re & rate <hw ct A ro&~hs <&
scriber at ricomd^r&ga lift m.tch. The ewnsr
rot, h&vw it b, previ^g hi# prepay, &$d p„i#g' char
g3. Apply to Samuel Mvkgbr.
South Brimfield. July 22 1777.
DESERTED Cumins ia Spiagfi^ia, A.ri^Tbxinp
fox, bslomgin^ id Cap*. Hunts company, Cel.
Vufs rtgi^vßt. S^id Sarepf&n i# abru 30 y<ar# &f
T> 6 test an# 1 kch high, fa,dy hair, leohs nr,
down, la very Aim ; had en when he went away, a
gen cent and jacket, white t@w shirr, white lent,
trawfer, Whoever will take up fnid S. m fo and
b "ig ^i, te mtia Springfold, or fecu;e him in any
got! so that hemiy be font to his regiment a* Puk'a
Kill, ^al1 have fix dollars reward and n^ceffary char
get paid, hv John March, Litt.
Deserted
, P 3M 7, ia C^l. Sherburn's regiment, an the zoik
^ft> 'Tidier, imiifted by the name es Jehra
5 feat 7 inches high, thick fat, dark
cemptaion, short dark brown hair, wears a large bin#
6u&ejcket, tew cloth trewfera or white dkiHa^g
bre dies, receiv'd a regimes ul hat, has it'; nst likai;
he will wear it, upward# of 43 years *f ag„ great
tanker, femetimes cam's a red eye by h^rd dr eking ;
properly inli&ed ^d fora, an^ received hi# b & Q o
Whoever wiilftctr, er retera kid dw ter to th#
company he belongs, shall receive ten dollars rewards
and all necessary charge# ^4 by m %
„ ELIJAH BLaKMAN, Capt.
Aug. 1, 1777
Hartford Couat, 1 ——- . - _
^% e 2d. A. D. 1777 j SYATxef Connecticut.
PUBLIC Katie* i $ hereby given te all to whom it
d®t« or ma, concern, that ibels ara filed h f, r @
to Hue. Jabez Hi^fa, Efq;jadgeaf th' county ccurt
, the county es Hartford, ^gaiaft th# felurfrg trf.
fib, viz. The fl ^ Nova Scotia Packet, b^rlen a-
Solons, Daniel Brown lawmaker. The fchaom
er Ex eriment, burthegbeut 40 ton#, Sobmox Lit
tLfisld late mafier. Txe Hoop Haphazard, bu.than
aoout 20 ^n ? , .--. -Fairbanks, late mafler The
fcho@ncr Fnendlhip, burthen abcut 29 tons, Georg#
S eet, late matUr.---!* favour of jfo c* ^ ,
mauder es the armed flho@„ r called the E^erpi at,
and his affuciam the copters and filters forth of laid
. Looser. Ail which said vsffsls were tsk^n by th#
fad Chefor upon the high fe„, and bright in^ thia
county of Hereford ; and for the trial cf the justice of
Aid captures, the maritime court for the county of
Hartford will be opened at said Her fad at thaCeete
H^uft, on the last tuefda, of Au^ufl iaflait, at which
time ali persons claiming property in either of the
captured v&ffils as aforefud, na, a/perr and ft^
reason, if any they have, why the said n ff 1, and ap.
purtenances Ihould not b# adjudged as lawful p &e to
the captors and fitters forth, agreeable to the prayer
es the libellants. B, trier ®fibtj*dgt,
_Gmorse W yllys, Rtfi^.
SMALL qtm) es S^, N<. E g&T&r,
Copperas, Allom, Cinnamon, and Indigo, to be
exchanged far Grain of any knd, F^ur it PotL, 03
bird th# fl ^p P^y, I j,, g t^F^ ^ Hertford.
Fabric %udm, at Rsbixfa's tavern ,# Mtrid:„
the D^II% Hsuft, Bar., P,t /so ^„„ fy ^^
togttfar •with & tod ^ ^fcb &, jfod. it 0-
tat ,„ acre audab^f fifo i. foid Merida, fog th
fofr/j e< Qd b,EL.Barret fy „t a/ ^rh art ^
,hat aj ay i. tbs S at; & beufc b^b so built but
lath ^bde axd that niEtbs c thr buiidfy art iw : nrd
repair. The Fmw ^:!1 b^ at three y & clock N^
a toll to uhicb quill he gi^ „ ,b, f^bferibm.
„ samuel bishop, jxx,
Nov-Ham, DAVID AUSTEN
7^ 25, 1777. PIERIOINr EDWARDS.