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To Shew how falfe the charge was, in fad, that be
twixt fix and seven hundred soldiers, who properly be
longed to my department fuffered for want of any thing,
Dr. Burnet's^evidence is, I think, Sufficient. But lam
not confined to a tingle proof : I have many concurring
testimonies in support thereof, which agree in declaring
that the sick under my care at Newark were well accom
modated and amply provided with every thing necessary
and comfortable, as James Davidson, Store keeper to
the Hospitals at Newark, Mr. John De la Mater, Clerk
and Pay-master, Josiah Bartlett, Hospital Mate, and
others, do amply teftify. I fhali content myfelf with
>y extracts fr,n Dr. Turner's and Dr Euflis's certificates
already quoted, it is proved not only that the complaints
ofthe soldiery were greatly lessened, but that there did not
exist any causes for complaints of the sick fufferiag on the
east fide of the river from the time I established a General
Hospital for their reception and care, the accommodation
and attendance being t® their fatisfa&ion, and that most
of them were difeharged well and fit for duty, not more
than thirty five remaining in the Hospitals, both at Stam
ford and Norwalk, in March, 1777, out of tw® thousand
received intothem the beginning of November, 1776.
Thus were my exertiors fer taking care of the sick on
the east fide & Hudfob's River, crowned with the most
abundant success I had been po less careful to make the
befi provision foi ;the accommodation of th£ sick ®n the
weft fide of Hudson's River. lam now to prove thjs,
which I (hall do on the authority of competent witnesses,
and proceed to fliew that Dr.- Shippen's appointment to
take charge of the Hospitals in t^e Jerseys clashed with
my exertions to tike suitable care of the sick for whom I
had appointed Hospitals at Newark and Hackinfack, by
the express command of General Washington.
For my repairing to Newark anleflablifhing Hospitals
there for the reception of near a thousand men, I herewith
produce General Wallington's orders at length, compre
hended in his letter to the Committee at Newark, dated
New Y®rk, September 12, 1776.
Those order- I accordingly executed, and put the sick
and wounded under care of Dr Foster (now Deputy Di
redor General of the Hospitals eafl of Hudson's River)
and Dr Burnet, now Physician General, nd ten Hospi
tal Mates, with a Commissary of Purchases, a Ward
Maftec an iffuihg Commissary and Storekeeper, a Clerk,
feverai experienced Purveyors, and all the attendants and
nurses that were left of those employed at New York; so
that, at no time, in the whole campaign of 1776, were the
sick better taken care of In proof of which Dr. Burnett
teflifies as fallows, viz. ' That Dr. Morgan by applicati
' on to him, as Chairman of the Committee, obtained the
* use of the Episcopal and Prelbyterian Churches, the
' Court-house and Academy, for that purpose; and that
' he appeared to be diligent and faithful in difeharging
' the duties of Director General, and that the sick and
' wounded there under his care, did not fuffer that he
' knew of, for want of any assistance which he, or any of
' the Gentlemen employed, could give them; but on the
' contrary, were as well attended, accommodated and
' provided for, as is common in Hospitals, and I believe
' with as much success. Wm. BURNETT.'
Nutwitbltmdihg the above declaration that the sick
were well accommodated, yet Dr. Shippen. forking to
Interfere with me, tho' he had nothing to % with them,
has asserted the contrary. How much move Ike a Gen
tlemen would ha have a&ed, if he, conceiving that the
sick belonging to m> department buffered from want of
care crr^ceffaries, bad given me information of it, that
If any of the officers under my command had negh &ed
to do tl eir duty, I might have inq rir.d into the matter
and done what was neceffarv for their relief : or if I had
hot fufficiert help, had he offered me his affittanee: But
that would not have answered his pipofu. He had de
clared to myfely that he would like totemain in the ser
vice “ as a more gentlemans, life," as he termed it,
" than that of a drudging private practitioner." His
commiffien was to expire with the services of the Flying
Camp, in a few months ; and he was catting about, in
what manner to fix himfelf on a better establishment.
Willing torferve him, I wan employing my interest for
that purpose, at the very time he was lecretl, calumni
ating me to Congress, and misrepresenting the state of
the sick under my care, by insinuations full of falfhood
and deceit, with a view to traduce my charaaer, to
abridge and fare, or usurp my authority. Thus he not
only interfered, so is to clash with my exertions to take
care of the sick in the Jerseys, but had me deprived, by
malicious imputations on my conduct, of my hospital
Stores which I had preserved and collected ?t Newark,
obtained an order to remove me from the State of the
Jerseys, and to rest i& me to the east of Hudson's River:
For proof of which 1 refer you to the several resolves of
Congress of October g, 1776, already quoted, Dr. Rulh's
letter of November 1, 1778, and Dr. Shippen's to Dr.
Rush of November ro, 1776.
'SIR, Philadelphia, Nero, rg, 177#.
' During the time I fat in Cohgrefs, I received leveral
' letters from Dr, Shippen, relative to the state of the
' Hospitals. In one of them he mentioned that betwixt
' fix and (even hundred foidiers; mho properl, belonged
< to your department, tufted from the want of every
' thing, on thi^ fide the ndrth river. Fearing least the
* fufferirigs of these poor creatures were oecafioned by
' some misunderstanding of which sick belonged to you
' and Dr. Shippen refpeaively, I read Dr. Shippen's
6 letter in Congreft, which immediately produced a re
' Solution, authorising Dr. Shippen to take charge of all
' the sick on this fide the North River, and limiting you
' to the sole charge of all the sick on the east fide of the
' river; a proof that you had no Share in the guilt of
'neglecting the sick § for the uncommon sickness and
' mortality of our army, so much complained of, in
' the close of the year 1776, were confined entirely to
* the troops on this fide the North River, and is one of
' the ftrengeft proofs that can be adduced of the iijuftice
' of Congress in dismissing you from their service with.
' out an hearirg. BENJAMIN RUSH.
' To Dr. Morgan.'
PHILADELPHIA: Printed and Sold by JOHN DUNLAP, in Market-firm.
Dr. R US H's Letter:
producing the following extraas from Dr. Ridgely's and
Dr. Binney's certificates on this tuhj 61
r F Al, Dr. Ridgely, late Surgeon in the General Hos
pital, being, at that time, one of the Mates ordered
over from New-York to Newark with the sick and
wounded, fit fi*s,
' That Dr. Morgan appeared very a&ive indeed, in
' removing the sick from New-York to Newark, and in
' defatigable in accommodating them with the bes quar
' ters that cotid by any means be procured, and that
' the Hospital was exceedingly well attended arid the sick
' furmifhel with every thing neceffaiy for them that
' could be precured there
'FREDERICK RIDGELY.'
Secondly, Dr. Binney, now Surgeon in the General
Hospital, who likewise a&ed as a Mate under my direc
tion at Newa k, teftifying generally to the fame fa&s as
are set forth in Dr. Ridgely's certificate, also Specifies,
in particular,
' That at Newark, Dr. Morgan prepared the Church,
' Court-hcufe, Acad my, &c. for, the reception of the
' sick removed from N,w York : That the sick and wound
' ed were as well attended and fa,plied as their Situation
' and other circumstances seemed to admit, DA Morgan
' having appointed Defers Softer and Burnet, with a
' Sufficient number of other Hospital Officers, to attend
' them: That Dr. Morgan appeared to pay a Steady
' regard to these Hospitals, and other avocations of his
' department, till through indifpofrion of body, the
' lubfcriber left it, the firit of November 1776.
' B. BINNEY.'.
CA ME to the plantation of the fubferiber, on the
Germantown and Philadelphia road, on the 23d
instant, a sorrel MARE, fourteen and a half hands
high, four years old, has a white face, paces, and is
branded X on each buttock. The owner is desired to
prove his property, pay charges arid take her away.
June 26. WILLIAM M'CULLOII.
When D r . Shippen wrote that letter te Dr. Rush, I
bad no other sick under my charge, on the weft fide of
the North River, ex ept those at Newark. The fore
going certificates therefore prove how groundless was
the accusation brought against my departmen* by Dr.
Shippen. I have it in my power to prove, that Dr. Ship
pen was not ignorant, at the time he made it, how
fhameful an aft he was then about to commit ;—that he
knew, net only that the charge he made against me was
falfe, but was confcibus to himfelf, that the firk who
fuffered on this fide of the North,River, when he insinu
ated his secret complaints to Members of Cengrefe,
were men belonging to the Flying Camp, and under his
own charge, which heightens his crime, and shews
there is no degree of turpitude at which he will stick to
carry on his plans of Elf-aggrandizement with success.
If this Honorable Committee ^hufe to prosecute an
inquiry into this matter, I now inform them of what
Major Burnett, Aid de Camp to General Green, re
lated to me. The Major is now present, and willing
to attend the Committee, whenever called upon, td
declare the truth of this relation in person.
He informed me, that Dr. Shippen being at the house
of his father, D.Burnett, of Newark, in the autumn of
1776, a soldier of the Flying Camp came into the house
with a broken arm, having been wounded fifteen days
before, and never been dressed since the day he receiyed
his wound, tho' Dr. Shippen had fixed a Mr. Houston
there as Hofptal Surgeon under him, and was himfelf
there at the time, The man being asked how he came
to be so long wi hout being dressed, made answer, that
he belonged to the Flying Camp, and was neglected;
This was in presence of Dr. Shippen, who made no re
ply. A woriian likewise came in and complained, that
her house had been filled for a week past with a number
of sick soldiers put in there, as was found upon inquiry
by the fame Houston, one of lsr. Shippen's Surgeons,
and that he had never visited or taken any care of them
since; and ihat they had nothing from him to eat but
the straw they lay upon. This was told likewise in pre
sence 6f Dr. Shippen. Major Burnett also assured me,
that on one of Dr. Shippen's Hospitals, a country church,
being abandoned, the doors were shut upon a number of
the fik, who were locked up in it day and night for
some time, and they must have periflied under those cir
cumstances, if some of the sick at latt, stimulated by
hunger, thirst, and fear of starving, had not found
meins to force open the doors.
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INDIANA PROPRIETORS, agree
able to adjournment, are to meet at the house of
Mr. Frances Lee, at the sign of the Indian Queen, on
Tuesday the fifth of July, at Five o'clock in the after
neon, on affairs of consequence, where the concerned
are requested to attend, or their Attorneys for them.
B, order.
May 29. 4. D. FRANKS, Prrfilent.
Philadelphia, June 22.
THIRTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED AW A Y from a brigade of waggons
✓yesterday evening, near the Forage-yard of this city,
a small bay MARE, about fourteen and a half hands
high, fix years old, trots and canters, has a small star
in her forehead, shod before, thick bufliy mane, one of
her hind feet white, neither brand nor ear mark. Who
ever takes up said mare and delivers her to Mr. Jacob
Hiltzheimer or Capt. Matthews in Market street,
or to the lubferiber living in Wi mington, (now in this
city) or gives information so that he may get her again,
shall be entitled to the above reward, and reasonable
charges paid by JAMES CUR RY,
Conductor of said brigade.
To the truth of my having received the above infor
mation from Major Burnett, I am willing to be quali
fied, whenever properly called upon for that purpose.
( To be continued. )
Port o, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at the Court-boufe in the city
of Philadelphia, on the twentv-firft day of July next, at
Ten o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then and
there to try the truth of the faffs alleged in the bill of
Yelverton Taylor and James Spencer, (who as well, &e.)
against the schooner or veiTel called the Tomilfon, lately
commanded by John Farrow: To the end artd intent
that the owner or owners, or any person concerned
therein, may appear and ffiew caule, if any they have,
why the fame should not be condemned according to the
prayer of the said bill.
B, order of the Judge,
June 28. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennfhania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
<TOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admfe
" ralty will be held at the Court-House in the city.of
Philadelphia, on the twenty-firft day of July next, at Ten
o'clock in the forenoon of the lame day, then and
there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the bill of
Yelverton Taylor and James S; encer, (who as well, &c )
against the brigantine or vdfel called the Liberty,
lately commanded by John Rara fey: To the end and
intent thate the owner or owners, or any person concern
ed therein, may appear and Huw cauf.e, if any they
have, why the fame should not be condemned according
to the prayer of the Lid bill.
By order of the Judge,
June 28. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
0 B T D,
AGENTEEL pair of gentle and well-broke
HORSES, young and found ; with or without
either an elegant COACH and PHAETON, each
with harness compleat. Enquire of the Printer.
Geften, June 12.
AS the fubferiber intends soon to move out
of the country into tome seaport town, for the
purpose of carrying on trade, would therefore be glad
to exchange the house and farm he low lives on, for a
house in the city of Philadelphia, provided it be in a
good Rand for trade. Any person so inclining to ex
change May be sure to meet with a good bargain. Said
place lays in the town of Gofhen, and state of New-
York, within twenty miles of the landing place at New-
Windsor ; the house is new, large and elegant, stands
in a beautiful firuation, with an extensive profpe& all
round it of meadows, lawns and orchards. The farm
contains about thirty acres of land, neatly laid out into
square lots, well improved, has teh acres of excellent
meadow, a large bearing orchard, with a living stream
of water running through the whole: There is likewise
a large old building, two new barns, and several other
improvements on said premises. Any gentleman in
Philadelphia so inclining to exchange upon reafonabl,
terms, may direct a line to the fubferiber, living in said
town, who, upon proper encouragement, would wait
upon him in Philadelphia at an appointed time.
ROGER TOWNSEND.
N. B. It would be an agreeable retreat for a gentle
man, being in the midtt of a fine improved country,
and the people remarkable for their hospitality. 5
Philadelphia, June ~
One Hundred and Twenty Dollars
r e w a r d.
DE SERTE D from the General Hospital in Phi
ladelphia, the following soldiers, viz.
Lawrence Gibbons, of the sixth Virginia regiment,
about thirty years of age, five feet fix inches high, black
hair, and much marked with the Small-pox ; had on
when he went away, a black uniform^oat faced with
'red, a white waistcoat, linen shirt and overalls.
John Cardiff, of the eleventh Pennsylvania regi
ment, an Irishman, about five feet fix inches high,
wants three fingers of his left hand ; had on when he
went away, a blue faiiors jacket and overalls.
James SAMMRILE, about thirty-three years of age,
five feet fix inches high, and wounded in hit left hand ;
had on when he went away, a brown sleeveless jacket,
linen shirt and overalls.
David Hughes, about nineteen years of age, five
feet tour inches high ; had on when he went away, a
black uniform coat faced with red, a white jacket, linen
ffiirt and overalls.
James M'Guff, of the invalid corps in Philadelphia §
about forty years of age; had on when he want away,
a brown coat faced with green.
Richard Thomson, of the eighth Maryland regi
ment, about thirty two years of age, an Englishman,
five feet seven inches high, brown hair ; had on when
he went away, a ffiort brown coat, jacket of the fame,
and buckskin breeches.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STRAYED or STOLEN on the tenth instant,
(June) off the Commons of Philadelphia, a black
HORS E, about fourteen hands high, and about ten
years old, has a crack in the right fore foot, a switch
tail, part of his mane trimmed on one fide, has a white
spot on his forehead, pretty thick in his hind joints,
shod all round, has no gaits but trot and gallop. Who
ever has taken up said horse and will return him to the
fubferiber, in Second-street, above Vine street, Phila
delphia, fhali receive the above reward, and reasonable
charges, paid by
BARBARA STONEMETTS.
Whoever takes up said deserters and secures them in
any gaol of this State, fhali have the above reward, or
Twenty Dollars for each, and reasonable charges, paid
by E. YARBROUGH, Capt. Lt.
D. S. G. H.