On the afternoon of the twelfth of July, for the purpose of distressing the American Army, "by " obstructing supplies coming down the river and other "good consequences dependent on that measure" -- probably, also, for the purpose of offering encouragement to the cpnservative farmers of Westchestercounty to follow the "example of those on Staten Island, in declaring for the King -- the Phcenix, commanded by Captain Hyde Parker, of forty guns, the Hose, commanded by Captain Wallace, of twenty

"We would wish the Congress would pass some Resolve, to quiet their "fears ; and we are confident it would do essential service to the cause of " America, at least in this State." {Journal of the Proeincial Convention, "Thursday morning, July 11, 1776.")

^History of the Civil H'ai- in America. By an Officer of the Army [Caplain Hall] i., 173 ; Stedman's History of the American War, Ed. Loudon, 1704, i., I'JO.

The Annual Register for 1776 ; History of Europe, 166,* 167,* and, following that authority. The History of the War in America between Creat Britain and her Colonies, Ed. Dublin, 1779, i., 179, 180, and Murray's Impartial History of the War in America, Edit. Newcastle, ii., 153, say the troops were not comfortable at Halifax ; and that General Howe was obliged to sail from there, because of a scarcity of provisions; but we prefer the statement of Captain Hall, who was present, and who wrote with unusual precision and accuracy, especially with Stedman supporting him.

^ History of the Civil War in America, [Capt. Hall's] i., 173; Stedman's Hiitory of the American War, i., 19U.