Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-08-06

Exeter, Aug 9Th, ~. \
Sri had the honor Of receiving YOURS OF the
,, utimo this day by express. and agree with
YOU that the loss OF TtConderoga, in the manner
1t was left, has occasioned the loss Of all conf
dence, among the people in these parts, in the
general officers in that department About ten
days past, orders went out TO- one quarter part
Of the Mi itia OF twelve regiments Of this state
the whole consisting Of Is regiments only
under the command OF Brigadier Gen stark 10
march into your state and join Colo. Warner in
protecting the people there, oppose the progress
of the enemy and act as occasion may require
was informed this day by a letter, from Gen.
S ark that he had sent off from No 100 men to
join Colo. Warner at Manchester, and that he
should follow them the next day (which was last
Sunday with 800 more: and had ordered the re-
mainder to follow him as fast as they came in to
No. 4. His whole brigade will be together in
few days, and will consist Of at least 100. Half
OF the remaining six regiments Of militia are
drafted, equipped and stand ready, at a minutes
lnoticel 10 march TO any part Of the sea coast Of
n. +. that may be attacked; and shall continue
to exert all our strength in the common cause.
am sirs, with due respect.
Your very humble servant,
MESSHECH WEARE, Chairman.
Pierre Van COrtandt
Com. of Safety, y y.
BROMLEY, Aug. 6, III.
Col Hunt would request OF you 10 FIX them
cannon at No. { Immediately proper Car
rages so that they may be ready for yCur de.
fence in case Of danger. | would also pray you
to forward with all convenient speed ali the rum
and sugar that is in MIR Whites store belonging
Teamsters TO transport them
am Sir, your Huml Servt
JOHN STARK. BID G..
y. b Get all the cannon from Walpole brought
up TO No. and fix them too on carriages,
A calculation of what days of the week
the days of the month came on at that
time shows that the Sunday on which
Gen. Stark himself was to march was
August 4. Peru was then Bromley; and
I l. l.. . Il. L.. a
reached that place on Tuesday, Aug. q.
! The place was near great spring south
east of Peru village. Col. Hunt, to whom
this letter was addressed, was Lieut.. Col
Samuel Hunt, left in command at No. f.
| There has been tradition that Gen. Stark
came this way and was ferried across Con
necticut river by Capt Nathan Thomas
who lived at the Thomas place in Ches
terfield across from the mouth of West
river; but his letter from Bromley show:
that he went that way; and he went from
there to Manchester on the It'll, where ht
met Col. Warner and General Lincoln
The state of Vermont was then about {
month old and there were very few, if any
soldiers from this territory who joined
Gen. Stark on this march. His men wer,
New Hampshire men, and many men from
Chesterfield, Westmorelandand other neigh
boring towns were among them. COlone
Williams mentioned had been commits
stoned by the New York Provincial Con
gress as from Draper, now Wilmington
and in Col. Seth Warmers regiment o
Green Mountain Boys were Capt. William
McCune, Lieut.. Benjamin Butterfield
Sergt. Reuben Church, Joseph Bennett
and Benjamin Gould from this town
Lieut.. John Payne and David MerIicl
from "New Faine;" Reuben Ball ant
Jesse Walker from To Enshend.