"The measure convinced them they had little to expect from pcnetrat- •' ing the country. They saw liow much we would Kftcriflce," [»/ the property of olh rs,] "to the safety of our Army and disiulvantJtge of " theii'S ; at the sjime time, it must have struck terrour into the Tories "and influence in our favour, from the strong motive of interest, as " they i)erceive their dwellings, etc., depend on our success." -- {Cohmel Jed. Huntington to Governor Trumbull, " Camp, Noiith-Ca.stle, 7th No- "vember, 1776.")

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1774-1783.

NewEnglandersofthe most elevated stations; audit was evidently regarded, by the New England Major and his " Christian" followers, not only a duty but a virtue, to obey the teachings of such "patriotic "and " virtuous" preceptors.

The Major and his men entered house after house, as they lyent down the roadways leading through the Village ; carrying from each, such articles as pleased their cupidity ; * hastening the occupants from the houses, without suffering them to dress the children, where there were children, " but drove them out of " doors, naked ;" carrying the sick and helpless, outdoors, on their beds, and leaving them exposed to the rigors of that Xoveraber night; ^ insulting the females,* with ill language and threats, in the presence oftbe Major; and, then, setting fire to the houses.^ The Court-house, the Meeting-house of the Presbyterianchurch, and the greater number of the dwellings, including that of Doctor Graham, ® together with all, of furniture and provisions and clothing, which the rapacious enemy had spared for the use and support and protection of the helpless inhabitants, unless such portions of each, which the new-comers had taken away, to the Major's marquee or elsewhere, were thus wantonly and criminally destroyed.'