County are in continued danger of being made prisoners & tr [the] farms & habitations plundered by Robert Rogers's party (consisting of abt. 700 men) who daily make excursions in *divers* parts of the County, taking many of the inhabts, the stock, grain" &c." laying waste and destroying &c." 259 / <manicule> On the 7th day of October 1776, Lord Sterling came on shore, having been on board ship, the whole time of his captivity. - He was exchanged on the "7th"* of Oct. '76 for Govr. Brown." / Col. Joseph Drake resigns his commission, Augst. 6th, 1776, because the command of the new levies taken fr. his regt. & other regt. was to be given to Thomas, the 2nd Colonel, he (Drake) being the first Colonel. &c. 296. 297. /
"Letter from Genl. George Clinton," - "Camp, at the old place near White Plains, November 2d 1776 } "My dear Sir \ ….Since my last to you, dated the day before yesterday, the centre & right wing of our army, having possessed themselves of the heights in their rear, North East of the road leading to Youngs's; yesterday morning evacuated that part of our lines which passed thro' the Town, & South East of it, & fell back on those heights firing all the barns, hay, & corn: stacked in front. - This induced the enemy to believe twe had again retreated, - & determined to take the advantage of our supposed flight, Their army instantly moved forward into the part of our lines which were evacuated. This brought on a pretty brisk cannonade, tho' at too great a distance to do much *excutions*. I lost one man, & had 2 wounded. I have heard of no other injury done us. We are by the late movements now far advanced in front, - of course, most expo: sed.