Sir William Ilowe, on a pampblet, entitled Letters to a Xobleman ; Letter from " Cicero " to Lord Huioe, 2, 3 ; Wraxall's Memoirs of his own Time, Edit. Philadelphia : 184.5, 163 ; etc.

3 A Letter to the Right Honorable Lord Viscmmt H e. Edit. London:

1779, 42, 43 ; Letter from " Cicero" to Lord Howe, 196 ; Wraxall's Memoirs, 163 ; etc.

* A Letter to the Uiijht HonoraUe Lord Viscount H -- --e, 43, 44 ; Ie(fer from " Cicero " to Lord Howe, 1, 2; etc.

6 A Letter to the Hirjht Honorable Lord Viscount H e, 42, 43 ; Letter

front " Vicero" to Lord Howe, 7-9; The Middlesex Journal and Advertiser, No. 1207, London : From Saturday, December 14, to Tuesday, December 17, 1776 ; etc.

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" been unavoidably taken up in landing at Frog's- " neck, instead of going, at once, to Pell's-point, " which would have been an inn)rudent measure, as it " could not have been executed without much un- " necessary risk.

" On the twenty-eighth of October, the engagement " at the White-Plains took place. But it has been " asserted, that, by my not attacking the lines, on the " day of that action, I lost an opportunity of deslroy- " ing the Rebel Army ; and it has been also said, "that I might have cut off the enemy's retreat by the " Croton-bridge. Sir : an assault upon the enemy's " right, which was opposed to the Hessian troops, " was intended. The Committee must give me credit " when I assure them, that I have political reasons, "and no other, for declining to explain why that as- " sault was not made. Upon a minute inquiry, those " reasons might, if necessary, be brought out, in evi- " deuce, at the Bar.