63

" 22. Colonel William Douglas to his Wife 66

" 23. General Woodhull to the New York Convention 73

" 24. General Washington to Abraham Yates 74

" 25. Colonel Hitchcock to Colonel Little 75

" 26. Major Tallmadge's Account of the Battles of Long Island
and White Plains 77

" 27. Account of Events by Private Martin 81

" 28. Captain Joshua Huntington to ---- 84

" 29. Captain Tench Tilghman to his Father 85

" 30. Captain John Gooch to Thomas Fayerweather 88

" 31. Account of the Retreat from New York and Affair of
Harlem Heights, by Colonel David Humphreys 89

" 32. Testimony Respecting the Retreat from New York 92

" 33. Major Baurmeister's Narrative 95

" 34. Colonel Chester to Joseph Webb 98

" 35. Colonel Glover to his Mother 99

" 36. General Greene to Colonel Knox 100

" 37. Diary of Rev. Mr. Shewkirk, Moravian Pastor, New York 101

" 38. Major Fish to Richard Varick 127

" 39. Surgeon Eustis to Dr. Townsend 129

" 40. Captain Nathan Hale to his Brother 131

" 41. Extract from a Letter from New York 132

" 42. Extracts from the _London Chronicle_ 133

" 43. Extract from the Memoirs of Colonel Rufus Putnam 136

" 44. Scattering Orders by Generals Lee, Spencer, Greene,
and Nixon 141

" 45. General Lee to Colonel Chester 145

" 46. Captain Bradford's Account of the Capture of General
Lee 146

" 47. General Oliver Wolcott to his Wife 147

" 48. Captain William Hull to Andrew Adams 151

" 49. Colonel Knox to his Wife 152

" 50. Colonel Haslet to Caesar Rodney 156

" 51. Journal of Captain Thomas Rodney 158

" 52. Position of the British at the Close of