For other accounts of this daring feat, in attempting to destroy these ships, and of the subsequent escape of the latter, see General Heath to General Washington, " King's Bridge, 17 August, 1776 ; " General Washington to the President of Congress, "New-York, August 17, 1776 ; " the same to Governor Trumbull, " New York, August 18, 1776;" General Heath to General Washington, " King's Bridge, 18 August, 1776 ;" Examination of Jonathan Woodman and two others, deserters, enclosed by General Mercer to General Washington, "Newark, August 19, 1776 ; " Extract from a letter dated "New York, August 19, 1776," published in Force's American Archives, Fifth Series, i., 1066; General Heath to General Washington, '* King's Bridge, August 20, 1776 ; " Tlie Pennsylvania Evening Post, Vol. II., No. 247, Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 20, 1776; The Pennsylvania Journal,No. 1759, Philadelphia, "Wednesday, August 21, 1776 ; The Connecticut Gazette and Universal Intelligencer, Vol.11., No, U67, New London, Friday, August 23, 1776 ; Memoirs of General Heath, 53-55; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 305; Force's American Archives,Y., i., 983 ; Irviug's Life of George Washington, ii., 306, 307 ; etc,

"What purports to have been copied from a contemporary drawing of the brilliant scene, made by Sir James Wallace, who had command of the Rose, on the occasion now under notice, may be seen in The Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York for 1864, opposite page 672. It is understood to have been copied from the original drawing, in the British Museum ; and it has been re-produced, in perfect facsimile, but reduced in size, for the illustration of this article. (Vide page 215, ante.)