* Vide page 407, ante.

5 [Hall's] lliftortj of the Civil War in America, i., 203 ; Stedman's History Hf the Anieriean War, i., 210, 211 ; Gordon's Hiilorij of the American Jievolntion, ii., 337 ; Adolphus's Hiitanj of England, Ed. London : 181)5, ii., 379; Sparks' s Lt/e of George Washington, 194; Irving's Life of George Washington, ii., 385 ; etc.

6 General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " New-York, 30 November, " 1776 ;" General Howe's Speech before a Commitiee of the House of Commmis, April 29, 1779 ; Annual Register for 1776 ; History of Europe, 170* ; etc.

The adverse winds, which prevented the supplies, etc., from passing Hell-gate, were referred to by General Howe in his letter to Lord George Germaine, " New-Y'ork, 30 November, 1776 ;" and in those of Lieutenant-colonel Tench Tilghman to William Duer, " Hf.ad-qi arteus, H.kulem Heights, "October 17, 1776;" General Washington to the Q>nlincntal Cotigrcss, "Harlem Heights, October IS, 1776 ; " etc.

' " He transported Carriiiges with him from England ; and whatever "more he wanted were procured on Long Island and Staten Island," (Galloway's Ueplg to the Observations of Lieutenant-general Sir William Howe, 9.)

8 In his despatch to Lord George Germaine, "New- York, 30 Novem- " ber, 1776," General Howe .stated that "three Battalions of Hessians " were drawn from Staten Island ; " but in his Speech before a Committee of the House of Commons, April 29, 1779, when his conduct, as Commander-in-chief of the King s forces in North America, was under consideration, he stated, without contradiction, that the reinforcement consisted of " the Second Division of Hessians." We have preferred the former statement; because there was, then, only one Brigade of Hessians OD Staten Island; and because the "Second Division of Hessians," under General Knyphausen, had not, then, reached America.