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that might be given, the most recent is the late arrangement of the officers of a regiment to be commanded by Lewis Dubois, Esquire, the injustice of which we hope will fully appear to your honourable House, if you will please to look over the copy of the arrangement itself, which we take the liberty of enclosing to you.
We humbly desire you, gentlemen, to take this matter into consideration; and are, with due respect, (in behalf of the disbanded officers that served in Canada,) gentlemen, your most obedient humble servants,
SAMUEL SACKET,
AARON AERSON,
RICHARD PLATT.
To the Honourable Convention of the State of New-York.
A list of the Officers who served the late campaign in CANADA, with their proper rank according to the first arrangement.
| Captains. |
| Marinus Willet, | second, in First Regiment. |
| William Goforth, | fourth, in First Regiment. |
| Lewis Dubois, | fourth, in Third Regiment. |
| Jacobus Bruyn, | seventh, in Third Regiment. |
| David Palmer, | tenth, in Tenth Regiment. |
| First Lieutenants. |
| William Gilleylen, | second, in First Regiment. |
| David Dubois, | second, in Third Regiment. |
| Samuel Sacket, | second, in Fourth Regiment, |
| Elias Van Bunschoten, | fourth, in Third Regiment. |
| Aaron Aerson, | fifth, in First Regiment. |
| Samuel Pell, | fifth, in Fourth Regiment. |
| Thomas De Witt, | seventh, in Third Regiment. |
| Jonathan Pearse, | eighth, in First Regiment. |
| Cornelius T. Jansen, | ninth, in Third Regiment. |
| Matthias Clarke, | tenth, in First Regiment. |
| Second Lieutenants. |
| Richard Platt, | first, in First Regiment. |
| James Grey, | second, in Third Regiment. |
| John Houston, | fifth, in First Regiment. |
| Isaac Van Wert, | fifth, in Fourth Regiment. |
| Daniel Gano, | sixth, in First Regiment. |
| Albert Paulding, | seventh, in Third Regiment. |
| Garret Van Wagener, | eighth, in First Regiment. |
| Philip D. Bevier, | tenth, in Third Regiment. |
| William Mathewman, | tenth, in Fourth Regiment, |
| James Dow, appointed at St. John's. |
| Isaiah Wool, Lieutenant, fire-worker in Captain Lamb's company of Artillery. |
| LEWIS DUBOIS, Esquire's, Arrangement. |
| Field-Officers. |
| Lewis Dubois, | Colonel. |
| Jacobus Bruyn, | Lieutenant-Colonel. |
| William Goforth, | Major, (resigned.) |
| Captains. |
| David Dubois, | First Captain. |
| Elias Van Benschoten, | Second Captain. |
| Thomas De Witt, | Third Captain. |
| Isaiah Wool, | Fourth Captain. |
| Philip D. Bevier, | Fifth Captain. |
| Richard Platt, | Sixth Captain. |
| Albert Paulding, | Seventh Captain. |
| Cornelius T. Jansen, | Eighth Captain. |
| First Lieutenants. |
| James Gregg, | first. |
| Aaron Aerson, | second, resigned. |
| Jonathan Pearse, | third, resigned. |
| Evans Wherry, | fourth, Sergeant in 3d Regt. |
| Garret Van Wagener, | fifth, resigned. |
| Henry Vandenburgh, | sixth, Corporal in 3d Regt. |
| Nathaniel Conklin, | seventh, Sergeant in 3d Regt. |
| Henry Dodge, | eighth, Sergeant in 3d Regt. |
| Second Lieutenants. |
| Daniel Gaiio, | first, resigned. |
General MONTGOMERY'S arrangement.
Lewis Dubois* appointed Major, November 25, 1775.
Jacobus Bruyn,* appointed First Captain, Nov. 25, 1775.
David Dubois,* appointed Captain, November 25, 1775.
Elias Van Bunschoten* appointed Captain, Nov. 25, 1775.
Thomas De Witt* appointedCaptain, November 25, 1775.
Samuel Sackett, appointed Captain, November 25, 1775.
Fourth Regiment.
Isaiah Wool, of Captain Lamb's Company of Artillery, appointed Captain-Lieutenant therein, Nov. 25, 1775.
A list of the Officers of Colonel DUBOIS'S Regiment, who
served last campaign in CANADA.
| Captain Elias Van Bunschoten, | Lieut. Henry Dodge, |
| Captain Thomas De Witt, | Lieut. Henry Vandenburgh, |
| Captain Cornelius T. Jansen, | Lieut. Nathaniel Conklin, |
| Captain James Gregg, | Lieut. Evans Wherry, |
| Captain Albert Paulding, | Ensign Samuel English, |
| Captain Charles Graham. | Henry Dubois, Adjutant. |
John Coats, Surgeon.
List of Colonel DUBOIS'S Officers who did not serve in CANADA, but served in his Regiment during this Campaign.
Lieutenant Thomas Brinkley,
Lieutenant John Farman,
Lieutenant John Bennet.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER AT NEW-YORK TO HIS FATHER IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, DATED NEW-YORK, JULY 12, 1776.
The enemy are now in the harbour, although they have not yet ventured themselves within gunshot of the city; but we hourly expect to be called to action. The whole Army is out between two and three every morning at their respective alarm-posts, and remain there until sunrise. This was something irksome to me at first, but is now very familiar and agreeable. I am morally certain that it will not be long before we have an engagement. God Almighty, of His grace, grant us courage and wisdom, and smile on our arms, that we may play the men valiantly for our God and the cities of our God. This campaign, if in our favour, I expect will prove decisive; hope there will be no effort wanting on our side to effect it. May we all be fired with a noble ardour and Godlike resolution, rather to die than submit; take for our motto, Liberty or Death, remembering that it is truly honourable to die for our country, and far better to die freemen than to live slaves. I make no doubt, considering the great, good cause we are fighting for, and the necessary preparations that are made, that, with the smiles of Heaven, we shall behave with becoming fortitude and conduct, and be enabled to vanquish those instruments of British tyranny and oppression, the enemies of God and mankind.
I most heartily congratulate you on the Declaration of Independence—a Declaration which happily dissolves our connexions with a Kingdom where the name of a King is synonymous to that of tyrant, and the name of subject to that of slavery. Our trade is courted by all nations, who would gladly enter into alliance with us for the sake of it; but in that respect we may do as we please, for our internal resources are great, and will, in a short time, be sufficient to supply our necessity; and what success may we not hope for and expect, under God, from the united efforts of this vast extended Continent.
July 14.—Just as I had finished the foregoing, we were alarmed by some of the men-of-war getting under sail and making for the city. We immediately repaired to our alarm-posts, which are at such a distance from the river that we had not a chance to fire a gun, but had a beautiful prospect of the whole engagement. We saw them pass by ten of our batteries. They all kept an incessant fire upon them until out of reach, but had not so much success as I could wish, though they were all hulled several times, and much damaged in their rigging; but wind and tide being in their favour, and a very brisk breeze, they soon got by. They poured their broadsides upon our batteries and the town as fast as possible, but without doing any damage. They kept their way up the river until they came near King's Bridge; and not knowing there was any battery there, they dropped anchor near the shore, when our people opened.
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