Bolton, in his Hint/irg of Westche»ter-covntg (original edition, i., 444 ; (?ie same, second edition, i., 69."),) informed his readers, that, " on the "eighteenth of October, 1770, Lord Howe, the British comiiiander, took " post in the village " of New Rochelle; but it is very likely that " Lord " Howe," who was .\dmiral of the Fleet, remained on board one of the vessels of-war -- he, certainly, was not at New Rochelle, on the day of the debarkation of the .\riiiy, on Pell's-neck.

'"The next day. Gen. Lee (under whose command we are) came "and publickly returned his thanks to Colonel Glover and the Officers " and soldiers of hie command, for I heir noble spirited and soldier-like "conduct, during the battle ; and that nothing in his power should be

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from that time until the present, with more or less minuteness and precision, they have been noticed by those, in Europe as well as in America, who have written of the events of the Campaign, in Westchestercounty, in the Autumn of 1776 '

" wanting to serve those brave Officers and men." (Extract of a Utter from " Camp at Mile Square in Kast Chester." dated 23 October, 1776, in The Freemnn' s Journal or XeivHampshire Gazette, Yo\. I., No. 25. Portsmouth, Tuesday, November 12, 177G.)

General Wasliiiigtoii conveyed his sense of the merit of Colonel Glover and his command, in these words:

"General Orders. " Head-qvarters, Harlem Heights, October 21, 1776. " (Porofe, Heath.) , . (Co«»fers;<)«, Sullivan.)