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Mr. Tyree's Plantation, twenty miles from Wil
liamsburg, June 28, 1781.
SIR,
I DO myfelf the honor to inclofe your excellency a
copy of my letter to general Greene, containing the
events which have taken place, since my laffoftre 18th;
I also include the copy of a letter from colonel Tarle
ton 0 lord Cornwallis, which fill into our han sup.
on his lordship's retrograde movement,
J have the honour to be,
With the greatest refpefb,
, Your excellency's
Mos lobedient Servants
LAFAYETTE.
His Excellency
Samuel Huntington, Esquire.
Mr. Tyree's plantation, 20 miles from Williamsburg,
June 27, 1781.
SIR,
MY letter of the 28th informed you of the enemy's
retrograde movement to Richmond, where they had
made a flop. Our loss, at the Point of Fork, chiefly
confined of old arms, out of repair, and some cannon,
most of which have been since recovered.
On the 18th, the British army moved toward us,
with design, as I apprehended, to strike ata detached
corps, commanded by general Muhlenberg. Upon
this, the light infantry and Pennfylvantans marched
under general Wayne, when the enemy retired into
town. The day following I was joined by general
Steuben's troops, and on the night of the 20th Rich
mond was evacuated.
Having followed the enemy, our light parties fell in
with them near New Kent Court hc,ufe. The army
was Bill at a diflance, and lord Cornwallis continued
bis route towards Williamsburg ; his rear and right
stink were covered by a large corps, commanded by'
colonel Simcoe: I pushed forward a detachment un
der colonel Butler; but notwithstanding a mod fa
tiguing march, the colonel reports, that he could not
have overtaken them, had not major Macpherfon
mounted 30 light infantry behind an equal number of
dragoons, which, coming up with the enemy, charged
them wit in fix miles of William ft)arg. Such of the
advanced corps as could arrive, composed of rifle-men,
under major Call and major Willis, b gan a (mart ac
tion. Inclined is the return of our loss: that of the
enemy is about 60 killed, including several officers,
and 100 wounded - a d (proportion which the fkillof our
rifle men easily explains. I am under great obligati
ons to colonel buder, and the officers and men of the
detachment, for their ardor in the pursuit, and t^eir
conduct in the aflion.
General Wayne, who had marched to the support
of Butler,, feet down some troops under major Hamil
ton. The whole British army came out to'fave Simcoe,
and on the arrival of our army upon this ground re
tired to Wrlliamfburg. The poh they now occupy is
strong, and under protection of their shipping, but
upwards of 100 miles from the Point of Fork.
I had the honour to communicate these movements
to the executive of the commonwealth, -that the feat
of government might be again re-eflablifhed in the
capital.
Lord Cornwallis has received a reinforcement from
Portsmouth. With the greatest refped,
I have the honour, &c.
LA FYE TTE.
Major general Greene.
RETURN of the killed, wounded, and miffing of the
Light Corps under Colonel Butler, in the action of
the 26th of June, 1781.
Cavalry, under Major Macpherfon.
Of the firfc regiment of dragoons. 1 captain wound
ed, 5 privates killed, r private taken (since returned)
Of Armand's horse 2 lieutenants killed, 1 private
ditto, I ferjeant prisoner.
Infantry and rifle men, under major M'Pherfon.
i lieutenant killed.
Captain Long's company of rifle men. 1 private
wounded, 5 ditto miffing.
Horses 1011. 11.
Loss of major Willis's corps of rifle-men. 3 privates
wounded, 2 ditto miffing.
Loss of major Call's corps of riflemen 1 captain
wounded, 6 privates ditto, r lieutenant miffing, 7 pri
vates ditto
Total. Wounded, 2 captains, 2 lieutenant , 10 pri
vates. Killed, 2 lieutenants, 1 ferjeant, 6 privates.
Miffing, i lieutenant, 12 privates Prisoners, 1 fer
jeant, 1 private, (returned since)
RICHARD BUTLER Colonel ' commanding
advanced Light Corps.
Colonel Adam's Plantation, June 13, 1781 ; half past
four, P. M.
My L'RD,
I BELIEVE that La Fayette passed the South Anna,
cr Pamunky, this morningtor the mountain road, at'
Bird's Ordinary. He lay at Bird's mill yesterday
evening. I have been on the Three Notched Road all
day. I have left it for this place for the benefit of
forage, and communication with your lordship. I ffrdl
£ri> it ae^ to-morrow morning, and go by Na
pier's to Piorl mill. I canno yet learn what water it
flands on. La Fayette's drfign is to follow. I will
immediately inform your lordship. if he does not keep
a proper distance, any detachment I ihall strike at.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord, Your Lordfllip's
Mos fobliged Servin',
BAN. TARLETON.
FuMifhed by ^rder of Congress,
CHARLES T OMSON, Secretary.
A C A R D.
frHE gentlemen of the medical dep rtment, pre-
X lent their rnoft resp &ful compliments to Con
grers,and humbly request that Five Shillings in gold or
fiver be immediately sent on to each officer with
the three months pay lately voted them, in order to
aredeem their letters, which, for want of hard caih,
are detained in the hands of postmaster.
£xa&s^^^ffi^^@^^
On F RIDAY Next,
At TEN o'clock in the Forenoon,
On Bright's Wharf, bitween Rce mb Vm^-ftreets,
Will begin the Sale by Public Auction,
OF THE
CAR G 0
Of the Ship; RESOLUTION, taken by the Privateer
Brigantine ARIEL u Confining of
Two Hundred Ninety one Hogthe^ds, S x T erces and
Four Barrels of
Mufcovado Su^ar,
Forty eight Tierreu Four B rreh and Ten Ba°s of
C 0 F F E E,
And Twelve Pieces of
SANDERS WOO D.
By Order of the Cou t of Admifakv,
July 7. CLEMENT BIDDLE, M ? .fh d.
On Saturday next,
At X o'clock in the forenoon, at meffi uriJkras and
Dri ke;'.Wo fff, e'^een Arch arid Race ft'rerts,
Will be Sold by Public Audion,
6D hogsheads of Weft India Rum,
15 hogsheads and 30 tierces of
Mufcovado Sugar.
And at VII <?c c< io the Even ng ot tle rime dav, at
the Coffee House, Will h e SOLD,
The Brigantine Mineiva,
With all her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture; agre
able to an Inventory to be feeri at the Place of S^e:
Being a Prize taken by th? Privateer Ship Congreb.
By Order of the Court of Admiralty,
July 7 th. CLEMENT BIDDLE, M rfhal.
Thi7~l4FTE RNOON,
At Three c'Clock, on Wring's Wharf,
Will be Sold at Public Au&ion,
300 Barrels ot SUGAR,
100 Bags of COFFEE,
W th a few PIECES < f
OZNABRIGS, CHINTZES, &c.
And this EVENIN G,
At the Coffee House, Will be SOLD,
The Schooner Liberty,
Bermudian built,- a faft Sailer, and burthen about
Forty Tons. Inventory <6 he seen at the Place of Sale.
July 7. JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
o^UwoTto^rlv^;
At Twelve o'Clock,
Will be Sold by Public Auction,
At the COFFEE-HOUSE,
The Brigantine FOX,
With all her Tackle, Apparel & Furniture,
at die lately came fom lea ; nd now lying al C rpan
tef's Wharf. Inv men to be seen on board th: Vef
fel, and at the Place cf Sde. She is a very remarka
ble fait Sailer, and will carry about no Ho^fheads.
July 6. JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneers
*/ A further SALE of the PUBLIC LOTS of this
city, for the redemption of the bills of credit of this
state, dated April 29, 1780, will be held at the Cofree-
House,- on Tuesday the 17th day of July inflant, at
ten o'clock in the forenoon. A plan 0 the lots may
be seen at the Coffee House. The conditions the fame
as in the former sales.
To be let, The house where Mr.
Jonathan Meredith now lives, in
Tbird-ftrect, adjoining the Harp
and Crown tavern. For terms
apply to Jonathan Meredith, on
the premises, Robert Patron, at
the Harp and Crown, or the prin
ter of this paper.
One Guinea Reward.
OTRaYED from a fta lein this 1 iy, ort e 29 h
° day of ihe 6th month, rift, adaik Bi ^n HOffSE,
avow 14 h^nds high, a natural trotter, carrus weu,
5 years old, has a (witch tail, short many which ap
pears to have been badly turned, an old brand rra k
on one of his buttocks, the letters not diftin&iy known,
(hod all round. Whoever h^s fevnd said Horse, ard
will deliver him to the fubferitur, at the Buli's-head, in
Strawberry abey, Ihall receive the above Rew rd. and
all reasonable charges. BENJAMIN MYERS.
Office for Conveyancing,
and Sale of Real Estates,
KEPT by ABRAHAM SHOEMAKER, is re
moved from Fourth-ftieet to the North fide of
Vv 1 ut-ftieet, the second door from the Bast fide of
Thjrd (beet, where he continues, as usual, to draw
Deeds. Mortgages, Leases, Wills, Letters of Attorney,
AgreEmentf, and all other kinds of Writings: he also
continues Sealing Real Estates, and has now entered in
his Ossie, a large number of Houses rt ard Lott in dif
feuni parts of the city arid suburbs, Plantations in
the country, and a : gfeat quantity of unimproved lands
<n the different hack counties, to be disposed of very
cheap fur esfh ; and among 164 fame aic the following,
A PLAN rATION situate in Lower Duh Fri and A
bin^ton lovcih s, arout 10 miles from Philadelphia,
^dj iurig lands of jaccti Taylor and Joseph Miles,
containing n a 6oacres, whereon is a good stone house,
four rooms on a floor, a stone spring house with an ex
celrint spring, a waggon house, a log barn and ftabl%
a new c,d-r-mill and press, a large a;p'e orchard, a
garden >ith various kinds of frui% about 9 acres of
excelled t meadow, and as much woo. la d, the r.ft ar
able, and the wh Ie under good fence; it is new occu
pied by Ad. m Wals, who has a leale for two years
from March lad, on the fibres ; tie purchaser to be
inti Jed to one half of the produce and other articled
m rationed .n the leaf'd.
A 0, A piece of 20 acres of LAND, adjoining the
above, ^fi^eon is good log house, and tpring-hcufe
ne:r the door, between 3 and 4 acr s of good mea
duw, anr ao a; p c and peach orchard ; the purchaser
to be intrifid & the owner's part of the grain now in
the ground.
Abb, Another piece of 20 acres of LAND, about
half a mile distant from the rift, lying on Paffyunk
creek, and adjoining Robert Thomas'# eld mil), with
a log house, barn, and a good spring, about 4 acres
of good meadow, with a garden of various kinds of
fruit, and an apple orcl ard; it is under good fence,
and rented for a year fiom March last, the tenant to
pay a rent of 151. and all taxes; the purchaser to have
the benefit of grain which the tenant is to leave in the
ground at the end of the term,
Also, A well finiffief/two story brick HOUfE and
lot of GROUND, fituae on the weff fide of Front
ftreet, between Almond and Catherine tercets, now
occupied by captain Cl ffion, th: lot is 16 feet 8 inches
front, and in o-pth ic6 feet, fubjeft to a ground r:nt
ot 2!. 16^ 6b 3 4?. per annum.
Ado, A two story brick TENEMENT and lot of
GROUND, fituare on the feu h fide of Catherine
ftreet, between Front ard Swanton fireets; now occu
pied by Mr Thomas Thomson ; the lot is 18 feet
front, and in depth 87 fest ; fubjed to a ground-rent of
45b per annum.
Also, An ele^ nt three story brick HOUSE, wi;h
a pi zzi and Kitchen, fouate at the nerth cast corner
of Market aid Sixth-ftree+s; the lot is 2 ® feet on
Market-street and 100 feet on S xth-ftreet, lubjed to
a grcw:d rent of z'ol. per annum-
Also, Three bruk HOUSES, each three ftorieshigh,
situ te on the e^ft fide of Front ftre<t, near South
itreet ; the lot on which they stand is 42 feet 6 inches
front, and in depth 70 f et. They will he fold separate,
cle^r < f incumbrances. For term's of sari please to ap
ply as above opened.
Philadelphia, June 21, 1781;
Fo be Sold, by Private Sale,
AVERY valuable TRACT of LAND, contain
ing s>o5 >0 me% fixate on the river Lchei^h (a
br.ri,h of th. DJaware) about foufmileg from Brfhfc
hem : the toil is ex^'ent, and is capAbh of being im
prove I t^\re.^t advaori^e.
L-kewilt, A Brick HOUSE, in Second-street,: one
door from the corner of Che^ut-ftreet, 1^ feet in
front and 26 frit d:ep, now in the tenure nt Thomas
Rrv-n For further paiticuriis'enquire of WILLIAMS
BINGHAM, n Philadelphia.
10 be SO LD by the Subscribers
a FLAN FA LION and tr &or land, in the tteddre''
?! ^ Dinic) Dunham, containing two hunched' and
f x. n acr , lituate in the townihips of Bethlehem and'
Rio wood n Hunterdon County, Wett N<w fcrfey.
foe upland s good, and as it lie; contiguous to anaa'
0 Inurftone land, the purch^fer will have it in his
piw^f to manure ir, when neceiL y, a: a moderate ex
pence. There sin said Trad between , : and 4.? acres
of meadow, 20 acres wher-of, on the south branch of
the Rariton, is an extraordinary r jn bent,m. Three
fourths oftoe purchase money to be paid at the time of
Sde the remainder in one year. For firthe rparti
culars, apply to EDWARD P£NLNGTU&
Four Hard Dollars Rewards
STRAYED out of the pasture of Samuel Richards,'
in the Nick, on Monday the 23d of June, a bright
bay HORSE, about 14 . h?nds high, food all round,
branded on the near thigh H, but not very easy to be
seen; trots and cante-s well. He was seer, in the Butch
er's Arm's L n?, cn Wedntfday last. Whoever will
bring the Laid Horie to Davis Bevan, in Second street,
one door above Pine-ffreet, or to Samuel Richards, in
Fun street near the Draw-bridge, shall have the above
Reward and reasonable Charges.
July z. DAVIS BEVAN.
1(" AS taken upp in South-street, near Lebanon
V, Garden, on Saturday the 30th of June, A dark
By MARE, about 14 hands high, unshod, 2nd much
saddle marked : She is now at Captain JOHN DAVIS's
stables, in Chelnut-ftreet, opposite the State- house.-
The Owner is d< fied to come, prove his property, pay
charges, and take her away.