my's force, from the best information I have been able to
obtain of it, may stand thus at New York;

Rank and File.

Regulars, including their established corps of
Provincials, 9,000
Militia of the city, refugees, and independent
companies, 4,000
Sailors and marines, according to the number of
ships which may be in the harbor;--this being
uncertain no number is given,
Now in New York, 13,000
Charleston, about 3,300
Savannah, about 700
In Canada, including British, German, and
established Provincials, 3,000
Penobscot, about 500
Halifax and its dependencies, uncertain, but say, 3,500
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In all, 26,000

The above estimate, so far as it respects New York, Charleston, and
Savannah, is, I believe, to be depended upon. The force of Canada by
some accounts is more, by others less, than five thousand. The regular
British and German troops in that country cannot exceed four thousand;
but in addition to these, are the corps of Sir John Johnson and
others, which I am told have been considerably increased by the
disaffected of this, and other States, who have fled to Canada. But it
is to be observed, that this force, be it what it may, is employed in
the occupation of posts from Quebec to Michillimackinac, and on Lake
Champlain, through an extent of not less than seven or eight hundred
miles, and that all these posts are dependent upon the former for
provisions and supplies of every kind. I am less certain of the
enemy's force in Nova Scotia than elsewhere. The number here given is
not from recent intelligence, or strengthened according to
circumstances. Cumberland, Windsor, Annapolis, St John's River, &c,
are posts dependent upon Halifax, and included in the three thousand
and five hundred men here mentioned.

If this state of matters can be satisfactory to your Excellency, or
useful in the formation of any plans against the common enemy, I shall
be happy in having given it