We much fear that " those, co-operating with the enemy, will seize such " passes as will cut off all communication between the " Army and us, and prevent your supplies. We " dare not trust any more of the Militia out of this " County, \JD.uchess.~\ We have called for some aid " from the two adjoining ones ; but beg leave to sug- " gest to your Excellency the propriety of sending a "body of men to the Highlands or Peekskill, to

1 General Washington to the Continental Congress, " Heights op Haer- "lem, 7 October, 1776," postscript dated, " October Oth ; " the same to General Schuyler, "Head-quarters, Harlem Heights, October 10, "1776."

2 Lieutenant-colonel TUghman to the Convention, " Head-quarteks " Harlem-Heights, October 10, 1776 ; " Colonel Sargent to General Heath, " Half-past two o'clock at night, Dobb's Ferry, October 10, 1776;"* Colonel Ann Hawttes Ray to the Convention, " Haverstraw, October 10, "1776;"

* It is Tory evident that this letter was written at half-past two o'clock in the morning of the tenth of October, since it was received, at King's Bridge, and answered, by General Heath, on that day ; and the Colonel and his command, pursuant to Orders thus conveyed, countermarched to King's Bridge, where they arrived " At Night," of the same day.-- (General Heath's Orders to Colonel Sargent, " Kinos Bridge, October 10, 1776 ;" David How's Diary, 10 October, 1776 ; Memoir of General Heath, 69.)

" secure the passes, prevent insurrections, and over- " awe the disaffected. We suppose your Excellency " has taken the necessary steps to prevent their land- " ing of any men from the ships, should they be so " inclined, as no reliance at all can be placed on the "Militia of Westehester-county." 3 Two days afterwards, Robert R.