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I have the honor to be, &c.
(Signed) C. JENKENSON.
Lieut. General Burgoyne.
|No. VII.]
SIR, Hertford street, O& 17, 1779.
I RECEIVED your letter of the 15th
infant, informing me, that his Majesty
bad been pleased to accept my resignati
on of my military employments, and that
I am refufed a Court martial upon that
disobedience, for my perseverance in which
you tell me my resignation is accepted.
I muff persist in denying, that I have
received any other order, than an order
fubjed to my own discretion.
I must persist in my claim to a Court
martial.
I apprehend, that if I am not fubjed to
a trial for breach of orders, it implies that
I am,not fubjed to the orders themselves.
(No.VI.J
SIR, War-Office, O&. 15, 17,9.
I HAVE received your letter of the
9th instant, wherein, after bating your
reasons for objecting to the several fleps
that have been taken with relation to the
orders given for your return to North-
America, you add, that " if you are not
allowed an early trial, or if by his Ma
jesty's grace,upon the representations con
tained in the said letter, you are not re
stored to a capacity of service, it is your
request to his Majesty, that he will be
pleased to accept your resignation of your
appointment to the American ftaff, of the
Queen's regiment of light dragoons, and
of the government of Fort William; hum
bly desiring only to reserve your rank of
Lieutenant General in the army, to ren
der you more clearly amenable to Courts
Martial hereafter, and to enable you to
fulfil your personal faith, should you be
requeued from the enemy so to do.
Having laid your letter before the King,
lam commanded to acquaint you, that
for the reasons Submitted to his Majesty
by the Board of General Officers, in their
report dated the 23d cf May, 1778. (which
reasons subsist in the fame force now as
they did at that time) his Majesty does
not think proper that any part of your
conduct should be brought before a mili
tary tribunal, so long as ycu shall conti
nue engaged to re deliver yourfelf into the
power of Congress upon their demand,
and due notice given by them. Nor does
his Majesty think proper, in consequence
of the representations contained in your
said letter, to restore you, circumflanced
#s you are, to a capacity of service Nei
ther of these requests can therefore be
granted.
I have it further in command from the
King to acquaint you, that his Majesty
considers your letter to me as a proof of
your determination to persevere in not o
bcying his orders figmfied to you in the
Secertary at War's letter of the sth of
June, 1778 ; and for this reason his Ma
jesty is pleased to accept your resignation
of the command of the Queen's regiment
of light dragoons, of the government of
Fort William, and of your appointment on
the American fiaff, allowing you only to
reserve the rank of Lieutenant-General of
the army,for the purposes you have stated.
Lord Barrington's letter of the 27th of
June is considered as explanatory of the
orders given in his letter of the sth of
that month.
The report of the General officers, I
humbly conceive, is erroneous, And the
subsequent appointment of other gentle
men, exactly in my circumstances (with
great merit on their part to entitle them
to any diftindion) to military employ
ments, fubjed to orders, and accountable
for the breach of them, is one of the rea
sons for my conceiving that the King's
advisers do not differ from me in opini
on, that the General officers were miftak
cn.
Thinking it Probable, Sir, that this let
ter may close the correspondence between
us, I conclude with the sentiments I have
never deviated from in any part of it ;
and I request you to assure his Majesty,
with all humility on my part, that though
I have reason to complain heavily of his
Majesty's Minivers, my mind is deeply
impreffcd, as it ever has been with a sense
of duty, refpcß, and affedion, to his Roy
al person. I have the honor to be, &c.
J. BURGOYNE.
The Right Hon. Charles Jenkenfon,
Secretary at War.
1N0.V111.1
SIR, War Office, Od. 22, 1779.
I HAVE the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter, dated the 17th
infant, and to acquaint you, that I took
the firft opportunity of laying it before
the King.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
C. JENKENSON.
Lieut. Gen. Burgoyne, &c. &c. &c.
Wethenfield, Apr! 7, 1780.
ALL Gentlemen Screen and others who are
drfiious cf making fortunes in a short unit ;
are hereby inform'd that, The noted fast sailing
Privateer Schooner EXPERIMENT,
Nathan Sage. Commander, mounting twelve
4 poundeis, and ccmpleatly filed for a three months
cru ze, againff the enemies of the United S ates,
will fait from Rocky Hill by the 18h instant, and
fom New London by the 25th. All those who are
willing to enter on beard her, must app ! y soon, cither
to the Commander at his Lotfe in Middletown, or
on board said Schooner, wheie they will meet with
proper encouragement.
ON Thursday the 20th infant, dill be fold at
Rocky Hill, the large well built Letter of
Ma qua Schooner MENTOR, with all her Sails
and Rigging, Gun# and warlike Stores. The Sale
to begin at 2 o'clock P. M. An Inventory will
be fan a: time of Sale.
Wethersfield April 6, 1,80.
OR""SA?E, two good FARMS in the town of
Granville, one contains four and the other three
hundred acres, with some improvements made on
the fame. For terms of file enquire of Stone Mills
of East-Windsor, or Peter Mills living on the pre
mises. April 8, 1780.
SOME of the heirs of Mr. Ichabod Lord, late of
Colcheter deceas'd, will be at Capt. Rockwell's
in Colebrook on or about the left Wednesday in this
month, in order to view three lots of Land; con
taining about 460 acres belonging to them in that
town, with an intent to fell the whole or part of said
Land, if they can get the value thereof. Any per
son inclining to parchafe may know the terms by
applying to said heirs at the place and time zbovc
mentioned.
Colchefier, April ~ 1780.
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Dillworth's Spelling-Books,
PRINTED on a large new Type and
strong Paper, to be fold at the North
Door under the Printing Office, in Hart
ford, and at Abel Morse's inWethersfield,
I do not admit that I cannot legally
have a Court martial, circumflanced as I
am: But those who advise his Majesty
assert it, and they are answerable for this
contradiction between their reasoning and
their condud.
^ Blue P^per was loft left Tharfday between
Haa sod and Wethersfield, containing fur.dry
memorandums and about £. 500. £. 60 will be gi
ven to any one who will leave it, with its contents;
with the Printers hereof or James Watson.
Hae f)?d. April % 1780.
TO BE SOL D
By ELISHA FRISBIE,
In Litchfield,
A Small Farm of excellent Land, lying in Tor^
rineford Society, about 40 rods north of the
Meeting Hsufe, with a large new House and Barn
and small orchard flanding thereon, finely fituaied
for a Merchant, Tavern-Keeper or Tradesman. A'-
so, to be fold by said Fnfbie at his Store in said
Litchfield, Weft India and New Begland Remy
Tea. Coffee, Pepper, Allspice lidlro, Wool Cards,
Hollow Ware, Leather Breeches. Felt Hats, Silk
Handkerchief, A ? om Coperis, &c. &c,
Jaft Pubhihed and to be fold by the Pinter, hereof,
A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO
ENGLISH GRAMMER.
By ROBERT LOWTH Lord B ih pof London.
TO those who are acquainted with the merit of
the performance, or the fame of its author, a
publisher's recomendation is needltfr. Those who
have not fan it, may be told, that it was lately pub
lished in England, and was known in America but
1 tile before the war: A large mpreinoo ofit was fold
in PuHdei, ha in 1775; it war received with great
approbation in several of our college and began to
be introduced to the common fchooh. This is the
only fyfiem of grammar in which the Bngldh lan
guage is buffered to wear its own appearance, and is
freed from the borrow'd forms of other langea^u
Wh ch it knows nothing of.
We begin to be feofi)k in this country of the im
portance of grammatical knowledge; it begins to
make part of fchuol education; and we may please
ourfelvea with the profpeft, that it will soon be mere
universal, when we fee how erfily it is obtained.
TO BE SOL
A Duelling Hcufe, Barn, Cow House and Store,
with about twelve acres of excellent Land,
for mowing, pafi^ring and plowing, with a fmaj
Orchard thereon, floated in Srffield, about ten rods
north cf the Meeting Hcufe. For further particu
lars enquire of Isaac Bissell living on the prerai
fes. Aho, a genteel Riding Horse and a Dutch
Waggon. Credit will be given for the above arti
cles in whole or part, as befl faits the purchaser, on
good feenrity.
Suffirld, April 7 1780.
ADVERTISEMENT.
WHOEVER, near by or remote.
At any time hath found a Note ;
That is of sixty pounds in fine.
In April dated Dv'nty nine ;
And in November at or near
The middle of it, the fame year,
'Tis out, if any have it found,
By generosity are bound
To bring it, and perhaps receive
More, than he would, if they Should le^ve
It in the hands cfhim that gave
It, thinking wrongful gains to have.
They who forth coming shall it fee.
Shall be from blame 01 danger free ;
He that returns the said Note, he
Rewarded handsomely shall be.
DAN VEITS.
~The above Note may be left at either of the fol
lowing places, at Esq Brown's at Sandiifield ; at
Esq. Pettibone's at Norfolk, or at Mi. Benjamia
Farnham's at Simfbury.
ALL persons having demands on the estate of
Mr. Nathaniel Bancroft, hfe of Ea# Windsor
deceas'd, are defi cd to bring in their accounts id
order for settlement, to
SAMUEL BANCROF r, A^mlnitrator;
East-Windsor, April 4, 1,80.
CAS H given for clean cotton and
linen^lags, a; the Printing Office in
Hartford,
THE fubferi zr defiles that no performs will stop
any white pine Logs in ConneAicut River
the ensuing Spring which have tFe following marks;
viz. D W on one fide, and G X P X I C
AS— AIS— VX IM-I W-.I D I P
G I BWAIEW- OO -EX E C--EWE or
MX on the other fide. Also, those marked ISH
IVV IWIX HBAS -^W— EWE APH---
PPAH or bRA until they get below South Hadley
Falls. A compliance will oblige the owner.
ALEXANDER PLUMLEY.
Hanover. Mach 19, 1 780.
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