Not a day pa8.ses without ■' complaiuts and the most importunate and urgent demands, on this " head. As it may injure the service greatly, and the want of a reg- " ular supply of Cash produces conse(iuences of the most fatal tendency, " 1 entreat the attention of Congress to this subject, and that we may "be provided, as soon as can be, with a sum eijual to every present "claim." {General yVashington to tlie I'resideut of the Congress, "New- "YoKK, 6 September, 1776.")

In his letter to the Congress, on the eighth of September, the General said, "On every wide, there is a choice of difficulties ; and every "measure, on our part, however ])ainful the rellectiou is, from e.\i>eri- "ence, is to be formed with some apprehension that all our troops "will not do their duty." .After the experience of the Geueral had been made more complete, by the cowardice of the troops at Kip'sb»y, he thus wrote, also to the Congress, " We are now encamped, with "the main body of the Army, on the Heights of Haeiiem, where I should "hope the enemy would meet with a defeat, in case of an attack, if the " generality of our troops wxnild btdiave with tolerable bravery. But " e.\perience, to my extreme allliction, has convinceil me that this is "rather to be wished for than expected. However, I trust that there "are many who will act like men, and show themselves worthy of the "blessings of freedom." {Letter to tlie Congress, " Hii.vl>-qu.\RTKiis, .\T "Colonel Morkis's iiovse, 16 September, 1776.") On the day after the date of the Retitnis of Ihe Ai nnj whicli are referred to in the text, the (ieueral wrote to his brother, "the de|>cndence which the Congress have "placed iipim the Militia has already greatly injured and, I fear, will " totally ruin our cause.