1 General Washington to Colonel Lachlan Mcintosh of Georgia, " Whitb- ( ' Plains, October 21, 1776 ; " Lieutenant colonel Tttghman to William Duer, "Head-quarters, Valentine's-Hjll, 22 Oct., 1776."

2 Colonel R. H. Harrison to William Duer, " Camp on Valentine's- " Hills, October 21, 1776 ; " the same to the Continental Congress, " Head- " quarters, Valentine's-Hill, October 21, 1776;" Memoirs of General Heath, 73, 74.

3 Colonel R. H. Harrison to William Duer, " Camp on Valentine's- "Hill, October21, 1776."

4 General Washington to Major Zabdiel Rogers, " White-Plains, Octo- "ber21, 1776."

5 "I have no reason, either from information or observation, to alter " my opinion of yesterday, and, therefore, again and again entreat your "every exertion to supply these posts, in time, with Jlour and Beef for " presont UBe," were his words.

6 General Washington to Colonel Jos. Trumbull, Commissary-general of Provisions, "White-Plains, October 21, 1776."

7 General Washington to Major Zabdiel Rogers, " White-Plains, October 21, 1776."

8 General Washington to Colonel Mcintosh, "White-Plains, October "21,1776."

pedition, and, with Lieutenant-colonel Livingston, who was in the same State, with a considerable force, to march, immediately, towards Byram-river -- that which forms the boundary between the States of New York and Connecticut, near the Sound -- and to receive orders, on his arrival at the river, from Brigadier-general Lord Stirling, then at the White Plains, for the disposition of the men under his command. 9

While the Commander-in-chief was thus employed, on the extreme left of the American line, General Howe having been equally active, during the same period, only a few miles distant, 10 the extreme right of that line, at Kingsbridge, was, also, the scene ot bustle and active preparation for a movement -- Orders had been issued for the movement of the Division commanded by Major-general Heath, then occupying the grounds around Kingsbridge and, thence, northward, to Valentine's-hill, to the extreme left of the proposed line, in the new position, to the northward and eastward of the White Plains, which had been selected for the immediate occupation of the Army. 11 That movement, as we have said, 12 had evidently been determined on, at least as early as during the preceding night, after the return of Colonel Putnam, and was not consequent on either the movement of the Royal Army, during the same morning, or the observations of General Washington, on his tour of inspection ; but there was, evidently, some cause for the eight hours of delay, beyond the hour appointed for the movement of the Division ; 13 and the extreme scarcity of Teams, for any purpose, as we have already stated, 14 which was producing great anxiety and trouble, throughout the entire Army, may have caused the delay.