Morrisania, 1865, September 22, 1776 ; General Orders, " Head-quarters, Harlem - "heights, September 24,1776;" Lieutenant-colonel Tench Tilghman to William Duer, "Head-quarters, Harlem-heights, September 25, 1776 ; ' Extract of a letter from an Officer, at Harlem, dated September 25, 1776, in Force's American Archives, Fifth Series, ii., 524 ; Extract from a letter from Mount Washington, dated September 26, 1776 ; John Adams to Mrs. Adams, " Philadelphia, October 8, 1776 ; " Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 336 -- who says there were five boats, one of which was sunk by the fire of the Brume, frigate -- etc., may be usefully consulted concerning it.

8 General Orders, Head-quarters, Harlem-heights, September 29, 1776 ; Proceedings of a General Cowrl-martuA of the Line, held on Qie Heights of Harlem, by order of His Excellency George Washington, Esq., General and Commander-in-chief of the Forces of the United States of America, for the trial of the Captains Wiener and Scott, in Hie service of said States, September 30, 1776 ; Aityutant-general Reed to General BeaU, " Head-quarters, Oct. 5, 1776 ; " the members of the General Courtmartial to Adjutant-general Reed, " Camp near Head-quabters, October "6,1776;" .Memoirs of General Heath, 66.

The atrocities of both Officers and Privates of the American Army and the inadequacy of the punishments, therefor, to which the delinquents were then subjected, may he seen in multitudes of instances, throughout the contemporary publications; but the letter of General Washington, written to the President of the Continental Congress, " Heights of