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-

fin..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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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.

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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-

164.

CHAP. vii. Events of 1778 continued...Recognizance of M. Ge-

rard as Minister from the French King...Dr. Franklin ap-

pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France... Marquis de la

Fayette returns to France...Count D’Estaing sails from Bos-

ton...Unsuccessful attempt of Admiral Byron...General

Gates arrives to take command at Boston...Movements of

Sir Henry Clinton...His expedition against Bedford...

Against Egg Harbour...Slaughter of Pulaski's Light Infan-

try...Of Baylor's regiment of Horse...Congress grant half

pay to the American oflicers...Exchange of prisoners...Ex-

peditions against East Flori la...Sir Henry Clinton sends an

expedition against Georgia... Defeat of General Robert

Howe, and capture of Savannah, by Colonel Campbell... Ma-

rauding incursions into Georgia from East Florida...Gene-

ral Prevost arrives...Takes Sunbury, and the whole of Geor-:

gia falls...Expedition from Scolarie-Gallant exploit of

Major Talbet...Conduct of the enemy at Cherry Valley...

Nir. Silas Deane makes an appeal to the people... Is answered

by “Common Sense”... Monsieur Gerard presents a memo-

rial to Congress... The French and British fleets meet in the

West Indies...Generals Schuyler and St. Clair honourably

acquitted by their Courts Martial...Sentence against Gene-

ral Lee confirmed... Reflections on the state of the Country. 204,

Chap. IX. Events of 1779...General Lincoln is sent to take

command in the southern department...

General Prevost at-

tempts to gain Port Royal, and is repulsed...Colonel Boyd

at the head of the tories defeated by Colonel Pickens.. Co-

Ionel Campbell abandons Augusta...General Ashe defeated