The Annual Register for 1776 : History of Europe, 166,* 167,* and, following that authority, The History of the War in America between Great Britain and her Colonies, Ed. Dublin, 1779, i., 179, 180, and Murray's Impartial History of the. War in America, Edit. Newcastle, ii., 153, say the troops were not comfortable at Halifax ; and that General Howe was obliged to sail from there, because of a scarcity of provisions ; but we prefer the statement of Captain Hall, who was present, and who wrote with unusual precision and accuracy, especially with Stedman supporting him.

6 History of the Civil War in America, [Capt. Hall's] i., 173; Stedman's History of the American War, i., 190.

7 General Howe to Lord George Germaine, "Staten Island, 7 July, " 1776 ; " Annual Register for 1776 : History of Europe, 167*

8 General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " Staten Island, 7 July, "1776;" [Hall's] History of the Civil War in America, L, 174 ; Stedman's History of the American War, i., 190 ; Marshall's Life of George Washington, Ed. Phila., 1804, ii., 415.

• General Howe to Lord George Germaine, "Staten Island, 7 July, (i 1776 . n [H a ll' B ] History of the Civil War in America, i , 175 ; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, Ed. London, 1788, ii., 278 ; etc.

10 General Howe to Lord George Germaine, "Staten Island, 7 July, " 1776 ; " General Howe's Observations upon apamphlet entitled Letters to a Nobleman, Ed. London, 1780, 50; London Gazette, " Adbiikalty Office, "August 10, 1776;" Governor TryontoLord George Germaine "Duchess "of Gobdon, off Staten Island, July 8, 1776 ;" John Adams to Mrs. 1 Adams, " Philadelphia, 11 July, 1776."