Volume 2, containing the correspondence of those bodies. Vol. 2. Officers appointed by the Congress George Washington Esq. General & Command* Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised for the defense of American liberty. Artemas Ward Esq. first Major General Charles Lee Esq. 2nd Major General Philip Schuyler Esq. 3d. Major General Israel Putnam Esq. 4th. Major General Seth Pomeroy Esq. 1st Brigadier General Richard Montgomery Esq. 2nd Brigadier General David Wooster Esq. 3d do. William Heath Esq. 4th do. Joseph Spencer Esq. 5th do. John Thomas " 6th do. John Sullivan " 7th do. Nathanial Greene " 8th do. Horotio Gates Esq. Adjutant General & with the rank of Brigadier General" p.1 / "Capt. Abraham Nimham a Stockbridge Indian, & Mr. Winthrop Hoit &c…have both been gone ten days, to treat with the Indians as our Embassadors of peace & friendship, &c. i.e. the Northern Indians in Crown Point & the 6 Nations. June 2nd, 1775" p.22 /
Vol. 2. 21 John Jay to Col. Nathanl. Woodhull at New York "Philadelphia, 28h Novr [1775] ….. "The New England exploit is much talked of, & conjectures are numerous as to the part the Convention will take relative to it; some consider it as an ill compliment to the Government of the Province, & *profess* yt [that] you have too much Christian meekness to take any notice of it. - For my own part, I don't approve of the feat, & think it neither ar: gues much wisdom or bravery: at any rate, if it was to have been done, I wish our own people, & not strangers, had taken the liberty of doing it..I confess I am not a little jealous of the honour of the province, & am persuaded yt [that] its reputation cannot be maintained without some little spirit being mingled with its prudence*." p. 25 / Lieut.