6 Colonel Glover's letter, dated " Mile-Sqi are, October 22,* 1776," published in The Frceman^s Jourital and Xeir-Hampshire Gazette, Vol. I., No. 27, I'onTSMOVTH, Tuesday, November 26, 1770.

' Doctor Sparks, in the Writings of George Washington, iv., 152, note ; Memoir of General Heath, 75.

Compare, also. Lieutenant-colonel Tilghman to the New York Convention, " Head-qlarters, VALENTiNE's-Hn.L, OctobeT 22, 1776,"' with the same to William Dner, " HEAn-gi'ARTEKS, White-Plains, October 23, 177G."

8 Extract of a letter from Fort lee, dated " October 20, 1776," published in The Pennsi/lvania Journal, No. 1769, Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 30, 1776.

See, also. General Washington to General Greene, "AVhite-Plaixs, "November?, 177G;" General Washington to General Lee, "Peekskill, "November 12, 1776 ; " etc.

*The structure of this letter clearly indicates that it was written by instalments -- that it was connnenced on the twenty-second, and received additions on the next day, on the succeeding Sunday, and after the engagement on Chatterton's hill, which occurred on the following Monday.

This is stated in e.xplanation of the seeming discrepancy in the date of the letter and that of the affair which is under notice.

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to the White Plains, reaching that place on the following morning ; ^ and the Comnumder-in-chief " was " almost the whole time on horsehack," '■' his Correspondence^ and even the Orderly-books of the Army* clearly indicated that his personal supervision of the entire movement and of all which pertained to it was unstintingly given.

It is not now known when General Lee and his Division commenced its Laborious march, towards the White Plains ; ^ but it " was attended with much dif- " ficulty, for want of Wagons and Artillery-horses. "The Baggage and Artillery," it was said,* "were "carried or drawn off by hand. When a part was *' forwarded, the other was fetched on.