f the Bay Forces[17] for
Fort Edward[18] and I received my abilitan in full L1.8s.0d.

[Footnote 17: Massachusetts Bay troops. The
Massachusetts colony was called _Massachusetts Bay_
until after the War for Independence.]

[Footnote 18: Fort Edward was situated upon the
east bank of the Hudson, about fifty miles north
of Albany. The fort was built by General Lyman, of
Connecticut, in 1755, while that officer was
encamped there with about six thousand troops,
awaiting the arrival of General William Johnson,
the commander-in-chief of the expedition against
the French at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. A
portion of the site of the fort is now (1854)
occupied by the flourishing village of Fort Edward.
Some of the embankments are yet visible near the
river. It was near this fort that Jane McCrea was
killed and scalped, in 1777.]

Wednesday 21st. Stil hear and we were imbodied for prayers in the
morning and then trained a little. Corperal Carpenter was taken poor.

Thursday 22d. Had orders to march to the half moon[19] and Captain
Leneses company to & at 7 oclk we marched and arivd at Tess-ceune[20]
and Lodged their at Landard Abraham Grotes.

[Footnote 19: Near Waterford, on the west side of
the Hudson river, thirteen miles north from
Albany.]

[Footnote 20: Niskayuna, a short distance from
Waterford, and remarkable as a settlement of
Shaking Quakers.]

Friday 23d. Marched in the rain and very gresy traviling it was and we
Arivd at Teburth and from thence to the place cald Lowdins Ferry[21]
to Landard Fungdors and from thence to the half moon & Lodged their.

[Footnote 21: On the Mohawk, about five miles above
Cohoes Falls. It was the chief crossing-place for
troops on their way north from Albany. There the
right wing of the American army, under Arnold, was
encamped, while General Schuyler was casting up
entrenchments at Cohoes Falls, a few weeks before
the Saratoga battles, in