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accounts agree that much of the favourable disposition shown by the Indians may be ascribed to his labour and influence. He has accompanied a chief of the Oneidas to this camp, which I have endeavoured to make agreeable to him, both by civility and some small presents. Mr. Kirkland being also in some necessity for money to bear his travelling charges and other expenses, I have supplied him with thirty-two Pounds, lawful money. I cannot but congratulate the honourable Congress on the happy temper of the Canadians and Indians, our accounts of which are now fully confirmed by some intercepted letters from officers in Canada, to General Gage and others in Boston, which were found on board the vessel lately taken, going into Boston with a donation of cattle and other fresh provisions for the Ministerial Army.

I have the honour to be, with great respect and regard, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Albany, September 5, 1775.

We, the Commissioners appointed by the Continental Congress, do hereby certify that we have only allowed Mr. Kirkland his expenses during his attendance at the treaty with the Six Nations, at the council fire held at the City of Albany.

VOLKERT P. DOUW,
OLIVER WOLCOTT.

General Return of the Army of the United Colonies, commanded by his Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esquire, General and Commander-in-Chief, Head-Quarters at CAMBRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 23, 1775.

Regiments Officers present. Rank and file. Wanting to complete. Since last Return.
Commissioned. Staff. Non-commissioned.
Colonels. Lieut. Colonels. Majors. Captains. Lieutenants. Ensigns. Chaplains. Adjutants, Quartermasters. Surgeons. Mates. Sergeants, Drums and Fifes. Present, fit for duty. Sick, present. Sick, absent. On Command. On Furlough. Total. Sergeants. Drums and Fifes. Privates. Enlisted. Dead. Discharged. Deserted.
1. Colonel Frye’s 1 – – 7 12 – – 1 1 – 1 39 16 372 36 31 21 14 474 1 4 26        
2. Colonel Thompson’s 1 1 1 7 20 – 1 1 1 1 1 27 6 485 26 23 1 – 535 – – – – – 1  
3. Colonel Reed’s 1 1 1 7 6 8 1 1 1 1 1 27 17 330 56 36 64 10 496 – – – – 2    
4. Colonel Learned’s 1 1 1 9 20 – 1 1 1 1 1 40 20 391 33 17 17 18 476 – – 24 – – 1  
5. Colonel Nixon’s 1 1 1 4 11 – – 1 1 1 – 29 17 231 24 31 130 7 423 – – 77 – 1    
6. Colonel J. Brewer’s 1 – 1 8 13 – 1 1 1 1 1 26 20 255 37 27 28 3 350 – – 150 – – – 6
7. Colonel Stark’s 1 1 – 8 13 – 1 1 1 1 1 30 17 328 61 22 102 6 519 – – – – – 2  
8. Colonel Fellows’s 1 1 1 10 20 – 1 1 1 1 1 39 20 325 62 8 73 2 470 1 – 30 – – 1  
9. Colonel D. Brewer’s _ 1 1 8 16 – – 1 – 1 1 40 18 352 53 5 23 20 453 – 2 47 – 1 – 3
10. Colonel Prescott’s 1 1 1 10 21 – – 1 1 1 1 43 18 341 24 38 17 16 436 1 4 114 – – 6  
11. Colonel Poor’s 1 – – 7 12 – – 1 1 – 1 27 14 340 98 16 68 13 535 – – – – – 7  
12. Colonel Varnum’s 1 – 1 3 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 29 18 362 50 – 8 2 422              
13. Colonel Parsons’s 1 1 1 5 16 9 1 1 1 1 2 43 25 518 110 10 105 26 769 – – 21 – – – 1
14. Colonel Hitchcock’s 1 1 1 6 4 4 – 1 1 1 1 16 15 310 42 17 47 5 421 – – – – – 1  
15. Colonel Church’s 1 1 1 7 5 5 1 – 1 – – 21 10 247 26 31 78 9 391              
16. Colonel Cotton’s 1 1 1 10 19 – 1 1 – 1 1 40 20 409 55 25 5 17 511 – – – – 1    
17. Colonel Little’s 1 1 1 9 17 – 1 1 1 1 1 35 15 390 35 37 13 3 478 – – 22        
18. Colonel Danielson’s 1 1 1 11 19 – – 1 1 1 1 41 20 340 34 5 85 17 481 – – 69 – 8    
19. Colonel Mansfield’s 1 1 1 7 14 – 1 1 1 1 1 29 13 364 38 38 42 1 483 – 3 17 – – – 6
20. Colonel Read’s, of Uxbridge 1 1 1 8 15 – – 1 1 1 1 30 15 363 30 31 55 16 495 – 1 5 – 1    
21. Colonel Glover’s 1 – 1 8 16 – – 1 1 1 1 34 9 414 12 18 21 20 486 – 8 14 – – 14 4
22. Colonel Walker’s 1 – 1 8 14 – – 1 1 1 1 29 14 300 61 33 10 28 432 – – 68 – 1    
23. Colonel Whitcomb’s 1 1 1 11 22 – – 1 1 1 1 43 15 393 39 31 45 10 518 – – – – 1 – 3
24. Colonel Doolittle’s 1 1 – 10 19 – – 1 1 1 1 40 18 288 79 38 49 4 458 – – 42 – – 2  
25. Colonel Woodbridge’s 1 1 1 7 18 – – 1 1 1 1 28 13 286 44 25 20 3 378 – 3 122 – – 1 2
26. Colonel Paterson’s 1 1 1 10 20 – 1 1 1 1 1 39 18 336 42 19 35 13 445 – – 55 – – – 1
27. Colonel Bridge’s 1 – 1 7 17 – – 1 1 1 1 36 19 358 46 49 15 4 472 – – 28 – 2 2 1
28. Colonel Sargent’s 1 1 1 7 17 – 1 1 1 1 1 33 18 319 46 27 28 14 434 – – 66 – 15 2 14
29. Colonel Huntington’s 1 1 1 5 10 6 1 – 1 1 1 35 21 269 60 28 41 21 419 – – 15 – 1 1  
30. Colonel Seammons’s 1 1 1 6 9 6 1 1 1 1 1 34 15 382 20 16 17 15 450 – 3 50 – – 2  
31. Colonel Phinney’s 1 1 1 10 20 – – 1 1 1 1 40 20 381 39 5 7 10 442 – – 58 – – 2  
32. Colonel Ward’s 1 – – 7 14 – 1 1 1 1 1 40 16 348 24 46 32 4 454 – 5 46 – – 1  
33. Colonel Wylley’s 1 1 – 6 13 7 1 1 1 1 2 46 25 487 174 11 118 57 847 – 1 35        
34. Colonel Storrs’s 1 1 2 – 17 10 – 1 1 1 1 47 30 612 102 8 155 25 902              
35. Colonel Bailey’s 1 1 1 8 16 – 1 1 1 1 1 31 19 388 36 28 23 4 479 – – 21 1 1    
36. Colonel Greaton’s 1 1 1 10 20 – – 1 1 1 1 40 20 363 37 40 19 16 475 – – 25 – – 2  
37. Late Colonel Gardner’s – 1 1 7 15 – – 1 1 1 1 30 17 315 23 40 47 5 430 – – 70 – 1    
38. Late Colonel Gorrish’s – 1 1 10 20 – – 1 1 1 1 40 17 431 47 21 4 10 513 – 3 – – 1 – 1
Four Companies of Riflemen, from Virginia
    and Maryland		 – – – 4 12 – – – – 1 – 16 8 213 25 – 81 – 319              
Two Companies in Colonel Hinman’s Regiment,
and four Independent Companies		 – 1 – 6 12 – – – – – – 24 12 394 – – – – 394 – – – – 1 2 2
Total 35 31 33 298 600 62 20 36 36 36 38 1356 678 14330 1886 931 1750 468 19365 3 37 1317 1 38 50 44

HORATIO GATES, Adjutant-General.

Cambridge, September 23, 1775.

Return of the Regiment of Artillery in the service of the United Colonies, commanded by Colonel RICHARD GRIDLEY.

  Colonel. Lieutenant-Colonel. Majors. Captains. Captain-Lieutenants. First Lieutenants. Second Lieutenants. Sergeants. Curporals. Bombardiers. Gunners. Drums and Fifes. Matrosses. Commissary. Conductors. Clerks. Total.
Fit for duty   1 1 7 8 9 13 22 24 44 44 16 224 1 4 2 420
On command 1                               1
Sick, present       1     2 1 2 8 6 1 17       38
Sick, absent     1       1 2   l     11       16
On furlough             2 2 1 l 1   10       18
Deserted                     1   5       6
Total 1 1 2 8 9 9 18 27 27 54 52 17 267 1 4 2 493

N. B. One Cadet, exclusive of the above.

Return of Major JOHN CRANE’SCompany of the Train of Artillery of the RHODE –ISLANDForces, OCT. 1, 1775.

  Major. Captain. Lieutenants. Conductor. Bombardiers. Sergeants. Gunners. Corporals. Fifers. Drummers. Matrosses. Total.
Present on parade 1 1 3 1 2 2 4 4 2 2 61 86
Sick, present – – – – – – – – – – 5 5
Sick, absent – – – – – – – – – – 4 4
On furlough – – – – – – – – – – 2 2
Total 1 1 3 1 2 2 4 4 2 2 75 97

HORATIO GATES, Adjutant-General.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Proposals for casting the following Ordnance and Stores.

Three ten-inch mortars; six hundred ten-inch shells; one thousand twenty-four pound shot; one thousand eighteen

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