| Description | Disembarkation of Howe on Staten Island on 3 and 4 Jul, flight of the enemy on the approach of the ships, the General's intentions to wait till joined by the fleet from England or by Clinton from the South, Tryon's assurances of the intentions of many of the inhabitants of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut to declare for Government when troops come to their assistance, intelligence concerning Clinton at Charlestown contained in a newspaper of 3 Jul, refusal of the fort to surrender him, Lee's arrival there with 1500 men from North Carolina |