to be dressed in the Highland habit. Nothing material has happened in this camp since yesterday.

I have the honour to be, your Excellency's most obedient humble servant,

N. GREENE.

To His Excellency General Washington, Head-Quarters, New-York.

WILLIAM HOPKINS TO OYSTER-BAY (NEW-YORK) COMMITTEE.

In Committee for Township of Oyster-Bay, July 22, 1776.

GENTLEMEN: By request of Captain Daniel Noorstrant, we do make application to your honourable House for a commission for Jacob Totten, First Lieutenant under above-said Captain, instead of Daniel Hendrickson, who absolutely refuses executing his commission. Reasons may be given sufficient for his excuse.

N. B. The company belonging to Captain Daniel Noor-strant hath unanimously appeared and chosen Jacob Totten First Lieutenant.

By order of the Committee:

WILLIAM HOPKINS, Chairman.

To Chairman of County Committee, or his Deputy.

ROBERT YATES TO WILLIAM PAWLING.

In Committee, Poughkeepsie, July 22, 1776.

SIR: We have, among other things, determined to fit out two armed sloops at Albany, in order to protect the river against the depredations of tenders. To effect this, we have written to the Committee at New-York to furnish us with gunners, or persons who in anywise are used to the management of cannon on board of ships, and a quantity of combustible matter for fire-arrows, and by all means a person who understands the making of them. If your business will possibly admit, we must entreat your attention to this matter also. Mr. Jay is gone to Salisbury for cannon, Messrs. Yates and Livingston to Albany, and Tappen and G. Livingston remain to superintend the works here, where we request your attendance as soon as you conveniently can.

We are, sir, your most humble servants.

By order of the Committee:

ROBERT YATES, Chairman.

To William Pawling, Esq., Member of Congress for West-chester County, at New-York or elsewhere.

GENERAL SCHUYLER TO COLONEL DAYTON.

German-Flats, July 22, 1776.

DEAR SIR: From the advice contained in an intercepted letter which was yesterday delivered me, there is reason to suspect that Lieutenant McDonald, of your regiment, is concerned in the embezzlement of the effects at Johnstown. You will therefore be pleased to send him immediately, under arrest, to this place, together with such other officers, if any there are, who may lay under similar suspicions, and all such officers and soldiers who may, by their testimony, elucidate a matter which reflects so much disgrace on the regiment.

The Representatives of the United American States have lately transmitted me a resolution deprecating, in the most pointed terms, the abuses of a like kind committed to the northward, and have ordered every military offender to be brought to justice. You will, I doubt not, exert your best endeavours to convict the delinquents, and to wipe away that stain which now sullies the whole corps. I beg you will attend here yourself, and bring with you the orders I sent you previous to your leaving Albany. I have a sufficiency of officers here to bold a general court-martial.

I am, dear sir, your most obedient, humble servant,

PH. SCHUYLER.

To Colonel Dayton.

GENERAL GATES TO GENERAL SCHUYLER.

Tyonderoga, July 22, 1776.

SIR: This morning I received your favour of the 18th instant from the German-Flats. General Arnold has written to you, with the Indian goods he sent you, by this conveyance. He is disappointed that he has not more to send you. The same express that brought me your letter brought me one from Mr. Livingston, a copy of which I send you enclosed. I have also ordered Mr. Commissary Avery to send you an exact state of his magazine here. The fresh provisions mentioned in Mr. Livingston's letter is not any of it arrived here yet, nor do I know of any cattle being upon their way hither; so we must eat pork, or go without meat. The Militia are beginning to arrive at Skenesborough; so the demands upon our magazine will increase daily. General Arnold sets off to-day for Skenesborough, if possible to expedite the building the gondolas. I hope we shall not be too late with our fleet. Four gondolas are all that are built, and it will take a fortnight to finish those that are upon the stocks. This I am assured of by an officer who left Skenesborough yesterday; he is an intelligent young man, is well versed in maritime affairs, and is to command one of the gondolas. The corps of carpenters, which you tell me are ordered to Skenesborough, will arrive late; but that, if the enemy move slow, may answer. I have acquainted Mr. Commissary Avery with the paragraph in your letter which relates to Mr. Trumbull, and have directed Mr. Avery to govern himself accordingly. I am told Colonel Gansevoort stopped my letter to the postmaster at Albany, and sent the messenger I ordered down with it back to Tyonderoga. The Army here are outrageous in having their letters stopped at Albany, all correspondence with the lower country being entirely precluded. I have written to Colonel Gansevoort upon the subject, and will certainly bring him to immediate trial, if he dares, for the future, to stop any letters going to or from the Army that he is not very particularly ordered to intercept. The Eastern Governments have established a weekly post to the Army, free of all expense to the officers and soldiers.

I am, &c.

HO. GATES.

To General Schuyler.

P. S. Enclosed is a return of all the provisions at this post. There is at Crown-Point only a bare sufficiency to supply one weak battalion posted there.

JOHN TRUMBULL TO COLONEL READ.

Head-Quarters, July 22, 1776.

SIR: By the General's order, I wrote you four or five days since, desiring you to collect all the well at Fort George of every corps, and return to the Army with them. Perhaps you have not received that letter. There is now a still more urgent necessity of your immediate return, as you are appointed to the command of a brigade, with whom your presence is absolutely necessary. You will, therefore, sir, on the receipt of this, immediately collect all who are able to return to their duty, and repair with them to this place as soon as possible.

I am, sir, your very humble servant,

JOHN TRUMBULL.

To Colonel Read.

CAPTAIN WILSON TO GENERAL ARNOLD.

Three-Brothers, July 22, 1776.

DEAR GENERAL: We arrived at the east side of the Isleau-Motte on Friday night, about one or two o'clock, concealed our boats, and kept a good look-out till about six in the afternoon of Saturday, when we perceived a canoe creeping up under the east shore of the Lake. A party was immediately detached in pursuit of her, and took her, with a Frenchman in her. We had no interpreter amongst us, and therefore found considerable difficulty in understanding him. Thus much we learned, that he had been to St. John's, and had informed himself of the number of troops there, of the works they were chiefly employed at, and of the number of boats they had in readiness. He informed us, as we understood him, that he met two men in a canoe about a league on this side of Isle-aux-Noix, who informed him that two of our boats lay at lsle-au-Motte. He says they live near Gilliland's Creek, and (if we understood him properly) went down with information to the enemy. We hope to be able to intercept them on their return.

We have taken a certain John Davie, who, from the manner in which he was travelling, and the account which he gave of himself, appears to be a very suspicious person. The prisoners are sent up in charge with the bearer, Lieutenant Clark, with one batteau and part of the men. With those who remain here we propose to return to Isle-au-Motte