Bolton, in his History of Westchester-CGunty (original edition, i., 444 ; the same, secofld edition, i., 695,) informed hiB readers, that, "on the " eighteenth of October, 177G, Lord Howe, the British commander, took 'f post in the village" of New Rochelle; but it is very likely that "Lord " Howe," who was Admiral of the Meet, remained on board one of the vessels- of-war-- he, certainly, was not at New Rochelle, on the day of the debarkation of the Army, on Pell's-neck.

7 ". The next day, Gen. Lee (under whose command we are) came "and publickly returned his thanks to Colonel Gloyer and the Officers " and soldiers of his command, for their noble spirited and soldier-like "conduct, during the battle ; and that nothing in his power should be

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from that time until the present, with more or leas minuteness and precision, they have been noticed by those, in Europe as well as in America, who have written of the events of the Campaign, in Westchestercounty, in the Autumn of 1776 - 1

"wantiog to serve those brave Officers and men." (Extract of a letter from" Camp at Mile Square in East Chester," dated 23 October, 1776, ia The Freeman's Journal or New-Hampshire Gazette, Vol. I., No. 25. Portsmouth, Tuesday, November 12, 1776.)

General Washington conveyed his sense of the merit of Colonel Glover and his command, in these words:

"General Orders. " Head-quarters, Harlem Heights, October 21, 1776. "(Parole, Hkath.) (Countersign, Sullivan.)

"The hurried situation of the General, for the two last days, having " prevented him from paying that attention to Colonel Glover and the " Officers and soldiers who were with him, in the skirmish, on Friday "last, that their merit and good behaviour deserved, he flatters himself "that his thanks, though delayed, will, nevertheless, be acceptable to " them, as they are offered with great sincerity and cordiality.