i General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " New York, November 30, "1776."

2 General Howe made no mention of a third Brigade of British troops having been left, to garrison the City ; but common sense tells us there must have been such a Garrison, within the thickly settled portions of the City; and Captain Hall, (History of tlie CM War in America, i.,203,) and Stedman, (History oftlte American War, i., 210,) both of them officers of the Royal Army, have left records of the fact.

8 Captain Hall, (History of the Civil War in America, i., 203,) said the troops were embarked, for this movement, in TurUe-bay ; but, inasmuch as the naval portions of the movement were made under the personal superintendence of Admiral Lord Howe, we have preferred his statement, in his despatch to the Admiralty, (" Eagle, off New-Yobk, November "23, 1776,") that the embarkation was at Kip's-bay.

* Admiral Lord Howe to Mr. Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty, " Eagle, "off New-York, November 23, 1776;" Genera! Howe to Lord George Germaine, " New-York, November 30, 1776;" General Washington to General Heath, " Headotaetebs, October 12,1776 ;" the same to the Congress, "Heights of Haf.rlem, 12 October, 1776," postscript dated, "0c- "tober 13th ;" Diary of David Howe, October 12, 1776 ; General Washington to Governor Ooolce, "Headquabters, Harlem Heights, October 12, "1776;" postscript dated " October I3th ; " Colonel SmaUwood to the Maryland Convention, "Camp ok the Maryland Regulars, Head-qcar- ■ ' ters, October 12, 1776 ; " Exlract.of a letter from Harlem, in The Pennsylvania Evening Post, Volume 2, Number 271, Philadelphia, Tuesday, October 16, 1776 ; the same, m The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1767 Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 16, 1776 ; [Hall's] History of the (Xrit War in America, 1., 203 ; Stedman's History of the American War. i., 210 ; Gon don's History of the American Bevolution, ii. , 336 ; Memoir of General Heath, 70 ; etc.