| Description | Off Staten Island, destruction by the rebels of the only five mortars possessed by them when they besieged Boston, distress of the people of the country for want of clothing and other articles of importation, their army unhealthy, small pox rages round Boston and the army at New York prefers to force every fourth man on Long Island rather than receive auxiliaries from Massachusetts, Lee is eccentric in temper, flying reports concerning General Burgoyne, speaks of enclosing two or three newspapers, arrival of Sir Peter Parker's fleet, with Lord Cornwallis, General Clinton, and 2900 men, Hotham's fleet now sailing into the harbour
For full description see HMC 14th report available in SRO reading room |