Ensign; David Mandeville and John Scofield, Sergeants; one Corporal, one Clerk, and six Privates.

Captain Logan’s account, signed by Mr. Ecker, our Chairman, for the expenses of himself and men for the time above certified, is just; and for his own and men’s wages, we refer to be calculated by you, agreeable to the order of Congress.

N. B. The expenses are as follows, viz: laid out for the above men, this 27th day of October, 1775, one Pound, five Shillings, and three Pence.

WOLVERT ECKER, Chairman.

To Peter Van Brugh Livingston, President of the Provincial Congress for the Province of New-York.

GENERAL SCHUYLER TO GOVERNOUR TRUMBULL.

Ticonderoga, October 27, 1775.

SIR: Whilst we lament the necessity which has drove America to arms, Americans may rejoice at the success of those arms. I therefore congratulate your Honour on the reduction of Chambly by Major Brown, with fifty of our troops and three hundred Canadians, under Mr. Livingston, in which a number of prisoners were made, a list whereof, together with a list of the stores taken, I enclose. Amongst the latter you will with pleasure perceive one hundred and twenty-four barrels (I am told of one hundred weight each) of powder; an article so much wanted, that we were apprehensive of the consequences, and procured in such happy time that the reduction of St. John’s seems now certain.

Not a word from Colonel Arnold, as yet. Our troops are more healthy than such an extreme wet country as the vicinity of St. John’s promised. General Wooster, with his Regiment of three hundred and thirty-five effectives, officers included, left this on the 22d—most of the men, and many of the officers, with great reluctance.

I am, Sir, your Honour’s most obedient humble servant,

PHILIP SCHUYLER.

Honourable Jonathan Trumbull.

P. S. As I propose sending the prisoners into your Colony as soon as possible, beg your Honour to send a line, to be left at some publick place at Canaan, and another at Great Barrington; to direct to the place you shall destine for their reception. An officer and a party will accompany them.

COL. BEDEL TO NEW-HAMPSHIRE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY.

Camp north of St. John’s, October 27, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: I left Coos the 10th of September, with my Rangers, and arrived in eight days on the north of St. John’s. I have done all in my power for the good of the cause, and have brought cannon down the river, by the fort of St. John’s, and sent them to Chambly, and taken that post without the loss of a man. We found in the fort eighty barrels of flour, eleven barrels of rice, seven barrels of peas, six barrels of butter, one hundred and forty-one barrels of pork, one barrel of salt, one hundred and twenty-four barrels of powder, three hundred swivel-shot, six thousand five hundred and sixty-four musket shot, in cartridges, one hundred and fifty stand of French arms, three royal mortars, sixty-one shells, five hundred hand grenades, eighty-three stand King’s arms and accoutrements, a large quantity of rigging, and other stores of various sorts; eight commissioned officers, seventy-three non-commissioned officers and privates, thirty-five women, and thirty-five children. They are sent to Hartford.

I have had the command here of about twelve hundred men, and have parties out at La Prairie and Longeuil. We have took from the enemy, since we came here, twenty wagon loads of stores, which were going to St. John’s, such as wine, rum, &c. I expect to be in the fort in a few days. I am fixing every thing that is requisite for a siege. I have a battery of four twelve-pounders, one mortar, and three royals, fixing at my post, which will be ready to play in a day or two.

I have applied to General Montgomery for money for my men, but without success, as he says he does not know whether we are to be paid by the Province or Continent; neither has he had any instructions about it from the Continental Congress or Committee of Safety. I shall be glad to have a supply, or orders for the same, as speedily as possible, as the men are suffering for want of clothing and other necessaries. Paper money will not pass here, and the weather begins to be very severe. I have a considerable body of Canadians and Indians under my command. The Indians remain chiefly with me. I must beg my men may not be suffered to want for necessaries, suitable for the season of the year, after serving their Country in so good a cause.

The two retreats had before my arrival, as also Colonel Allen, have been a great damage to us. We have had thirteen men belonging to Captain Perkins’s Company desert in one night; and, I am afraid, if money and clothing cannot be had, we shall lose a great many by sickness or desertion, as we have a great many sick at present. I cannot hear any thing about Arnold, with the Quebeck expedition.

I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant,

TIMOTHY BEDEL.

To the Committee of Safety.

P. S. November 2, eight o’clock at night.—This moment I have got possession of St. John’s, and the post being obliged to set off, have not time to copy the articles of capitulation, and to-morrow shall march for Montreal, leaving a detachment to keep this fort. General Carleton came out, with eight hundred men, against a party of ours of about three hundred and fifty, and was obliged to retreat. We have took two Indians and two French merchants prisoners, and killed four Indians, which were found upon the spot. The two Frenchmen (prisoners) say they carried off forty dead, and about as many wounded. We did not lose one man. The prisoners at St. John’s forts consist of upwards of six hundred. In about four days we shall have either a wooden leg or a golden chain at Montreal. For God’s sake, let me have money; 1 must supply my men.

TIMOTHY BEDEL.

GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE COUNCIL OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Head-Quarters, October 27, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: The continued accumulation of price, and the scarcity which prevails through the camp, for the several articles of wood, hay, &c., oblige me to address your honourable Houses again upon this subject.

The distress of the Army for these necessaries, I fear, will be followed with the most dreadful effects to the general cause in which we are engaged, unless some speedy and effectual remedy is provided. I have the utmost reason to think the scarcity is artificial; and, that the General Court may have full satisfaction on this subject, three gentlemen, who have been employed in endeavouring to procure these articles, now wait on your honourable Houses, to give you such information as their inquiries and opportunities enable them to do. The importance and necessity of making such provision as to enable the troops to keep their post must be too obvious to make any argument necessary; and, as this Province has ever been among the foremost in its spirited exertions, I flatter myself such measures will be adopted as will remove the apprehensions and anxieties under which we now labour.

Messrs. Drew, Carthier, and Dunoin, officers taken from some ship of war, and now closely confined in Taunton jail, have made me such an affecting representation of their distress, that I cannot refuse them my recommendation to the favour of the General Court for an enlargement on their parole of honour, when removed to some inland Town.

I expect in a short time some regulation from the Continental Congress respecting the prisoners, which I shall do myself the honour of communicating as soon as received.

I am, Gentlemen, very respectfully, your most obedient and very humble servant,

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

To the Council of Massachusetts.

STEPHEN MOYLAN TO COLONEL JOSEPH REED.

Beverly, October 27, 1775.

DEAR SIR: I received your favour to me of the 25th, and communicated that part of it which regarded Colonel