HISTORY

Dec. 22.1883

Cooke bequest.

TABLE OF CONTENTS,

OF VOLUME TWO.

CHAP. I. Recapitulation...Events of 1777...Low state of the

American army at Morristown...Dismission of Dr. Stringer,

and resolution of Congress, censuring General Schuyler's

want of respect...State of the British army...Expedition of

Cornwallis against Boundbrook...Narrow escape of General

Lincoln...Governour Tryon's expedition against Danbury...

Gallant conduct of Generals Wooster and Arnold...Arnold

makes a stand at Radfield...Is obliged to retreat... Follows

the enemy to Sagatuck bridge...Action there...Expedition of

Colonel Meigs to Saggharbour...Sir William Howe takes

the field... His sudden retreat to Amboy... Washington moves

his army to Quibbletown...Howe evacuates the Jerseys.

General Schuyler appointed to the command of the North-

ern army...General St. Clair ordered to the command of Ti-

conderoga... The weak state of that garrison...Burgoyne

makes his appearance before it...St. Clair evacuates it and

joins General Schuyler.

CHAP. II. The events of 1777 continued...Reflections on St.

Clair's retreat...General Schuyler removes to Stillwater...

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Fort Stanwix invested by Colonel St. Leger...Brave and pat-

riotick conduct of General Herkimer...Arnold volunteers to

go to the relief of Colonel Gansevoort...Successful sortie of

the latter... Arnold resorts to stratagem, and forces St. Leger

to raise the siege...Battle at Bennington, and defeat of Co-

lonel Baume....General Schuyler again superseded in his

command by General Gates...Movements of Washington...

The enemy enter the Chesapeake....Surprise and capture of

General Prescott...Expedition of General Sullivan and

Colonel Ogden on Staten Island...Conduct of the Quakers...

Battle of Brandywine... Proceedings of Congress...Northern

army...Advantages under which Gates took the command...

Correspondence of Gates and Burgoyne, relative to prison-

ers...Miss M'Crea...Movements of the two armies...Action of

the 19th September.

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CHAP. III. Events of 1777 continued...Meeting of the two ar-

mies of Washington and Howe on the Schuylkill...Battle

prevented by a storm...Narrow escape of Hamilton and Lee.........

Unfortunate fate of Monsieur de Coudray...General Wayne

is surprised by the enemy, and suffers considerable loss...

Sir William Howe enters Philadelphia in triumph...Con-

gress repair to Yorktown.... Further powers granted to

Washington...Lord Howe enters the Delaware... Battle of

Germantown...Retreat of the American army...Sir William

withdraws his troops from Germantown to Philadelphia...

Sir Henry Clinton's expedition up the Hudson... He reduces

Forts Montgomery and Clinton... Northern army... Dispute

between General Gates and General Arnold...The latter is

excluded from command...Battle of Behmus's Heights...Re-

treat of Cornwallis...Convention of Saratoga.

CHAP. IV. Events of 1777 continued...Conduct of the British

up the Hudson... They retire to New-York...General Gates's

letter to General Vaughan...Anecdote of a Spy...Movements

of Washington and Sir William Howe...Attack on Fort

Mercer, and gallant defence of it by Colonel Greene...Ene-

my establish themselves on Province Island...Heroick de-

termination of Colonel Smith, and the garrison of Fort Mif-

flin...Gallant conduct of Major Thayer...Mud Island evacuat-

ed... Lord Cornwallis is sent against Red Bank...Fort Mer-

cer abandoned...Americans compelled to destroy their gal-

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lies...Sir William Howe moves towards White Marsh...Skir-

mish there... Returns to Philadelphia... Washington goes into

winter quarters at Valley forge...Distresses of the American

army.

CHAP. V. Events of 1777 continued...Proceedings of Congress...

Resignation of the President... Henry Laurens appointed

President...Colonel Wilkinson delivers a message to Con-

gress from General Gates...Is brevetted a Brigadier Gene-

ral...General Mifflin resigns as Quarter Master General...

Board of war appointed... Mr. Silas Deane recalled...General

Conway appointed Inspector General... Discontent of the

officers...Confused state of the finances....Articles of confe-

deration.

CHAP. VI. Events of 1777 continued...March of Burgoyne's

troops... His reception by General Schuyler...Conduct of his

troops on the march...Their reception at Cambridge... Gene-

ral Burgoyne complains that the publick faith is broken...

Congress resolve to delay the embarkation of the troops...

Correspondence between Washington and Howe on the

subject of prisoners... Report of the Board of War thereon...

Conduct of a party of the enemy under Captain Emmerick...

Contemplated expedition of General Spencer against New-

port... Savage inroads on the western frontiers... Proceedings

of Congress...General Lincoln sends an expedition against

Lake George and Ticonderoga... Surprise of General St.

Clair...Extra pay given to Washington's army.

CHAP, VII. Events of 1778...Proceedings of the British Par-

liament...Lord North's second conciliatory scheme...Duke

of Richmond proposes to acknowledge the independence of

America...Last publick appearance of Lord Chatham...Dis-

grace of Burgoyne...Situation of the American army at Val-

ley Forge...Commissary General appointed...Baron Steuben

appointed Inspector General... Inactivity of Sir William

Howe at Philadelphia...Conduct of Congress on receiving

Lord North's Bills... Arrival of Mr. Simeon Deane with

copies of the treaties with France...Proceedings of Con-

gress thereon...Sir Henry Clinton arrives and supersedes Sir

William Howe...Arrival of the Commissioners, Lord Car-

lisle, Mr. Eden and Mr. Johnston...Their unsuccessful ne-

gotiation and outrageous conduct,...Sir Henry evacuates Phi-

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