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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 248. 



hope by Exchange we may be .at length re- 

 united. 



I am 



Dear Sir 



Your most obedient 



humble servant 



J. Andbe. 

 Carlisle, the 3d Sept. 1776. 



Letter III. ° 



Your Letter by Mr. Barrington is just come to 

 hand. I am sorry you shou'd imagine my being 

 absent from Lancaster, or our troubles, could 

 make me forget my friends. Of the several 

 letters you mention having Avritten to me only 

 one of late has reach'd Carlisle, viz. that by Mr. 

 Slough. To one I received from you a week or 

 two after leaving Lancaster I returned an answer. 

 I own the difficulties of our Correspondence had 

 disgusted me from attempting to write. 



I once more commend myself to your good 

 family and am sincerely 



Yrs, &c. 



J. A. 



I hope your son's Indisposition will be of no 

 consequence. 



Superscribed " Mr. Cope, Lancaster." 



Letter IV. 

 Dear Sir, 



I have just time to acquaint you that I re- 

 ceiv'd your letter by Mrs. Callender with my 

 young friend's drawings, which persuade me he is 

 much iniprov'd, and that he has not been idle. 

 He must take particular care in forming the fea- 

 tures in faces, and in copying hands exactly. He 

 shou'd now and then copy things from the life and 

 then compare the proportions with what points he 

 may have ; or what rules he may have remem- 

 ber'd. With respect to his shading with Indian 

 Ink, the anatomical figure is tolerably well done, 

 but he wou'd find his work smoother and softer, 

 were he to lay the shades on more gradually, not 

 blackening the daikest at once but by washing 

 them over repeatedly, and never till the paper is 

 quite dry. The figure is very well drawn. 



Capt. Campbell who is the bearer of this Letter 

 will probably when at Lancaster be able to judge 

 what likelyhood there is of an Exchange of pri- 

 soners which we are told is to take place ipiine- 

 diately ; if this shou'd be without foundation, I 

 shou'd be very glad to see your son here. Of this 

 you may speak with Capt. Campbell, and if you 

 shou'd determine upon it, let me know it a few 

 days beforehand when I shall take care to settle 

 matters for his reception. 

 I am Dear Sir 



Your most humble servt. 



J. ASDRE. 



Carlisle, the 11th Oct. 1776. 



My best compliments if you please to your 

 family and particularly to John. Mr. Despard 

 begs to be remember'd to you. 



Superscription, " To Mr. Caleb Cope, Lancaster.'* 



Letter V. 

 Dear Sir, 



I cannot miss ihe opportunity I have of writing 

 to you by Mr. Slough to take leave of yourself 

 and Family, and transmit to you my sincere 

 wishes for your welfare. We are on our road, as 

 we believe to be exchang'd, and however happy 

 this prospect may make me ; It doth not render 

 me less warm in the fate of those persons in this 

 country for whom I had conceived a regard ; I 

 trust on your side you will do me the Justice to 

 remember me with some good will, and that you 

 will be persuaded I shall be happy if occasion shall 

 offer of my giving your son some further hints 

 in the Art for which he has so happy a turn. 

 Desire him if you please to commit my name and 

 my friendship for him to his memory, and assure 

 him from me, that if he only brings diligence to 

 her assistance, Nature has open'd him a path to 

 fortune and reputation, and that he may in a few 

 years hope to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Perhaps 

 the face of affairs may so far change that he may 

 once more be within my reach, when It will be a 

 very great pleasure to me to give him what as- 

 sistance I can. My best compliments as well as 

 Mr. Despard's to Mrs. Cope and the rest of your 

 family. I am truly 

 Dear Sir 



Your most obedt. 



humb' servant, 



J. Andre. 



Reading, the 2nd Dec. 1776. 



Superscription, " Mr. Caleb Cope, Lancaster." 



From a pamphlet lately published at Carlisle, 

 containing the borough ordinances, with a history 

 of the place, I make the following extract, which 

 relates to Andi-e whilst a prisoner there. 



" During the war Carlisle was made a place of rendez- 

 vous for the American troops ; and in consequence of be ng 

 located at a distance from the theatre of war, British 

 prisoners were frequently sent hither for secure confine- 

 ment. Of these Major Andre and Lieutenant Despard, 

 who had been taken by Montgomery near Lake Cham- 

 plain, while here in 1776, occupied the stone house at the 

 corner of South Hanover Street and Locust Alley, and 

 were on a parole of honour of six miles, but were prohi- 

 bited from going out of the town except in militarj- dress. 

 Mrs. Ramsey, an unflinching Whig, detected two Tories in 

 conversation with these officers, and immediately made 

 known the circumstances to William Brown, Esq., one of 

 the county committee. The Tories were imprisoned. 

 Upon their persons were discovered letters written in 

 French, but no one could be found to interpret them, and 

 their contents were never known. After this Andre' and 

 Despard were not allowed to leave the town. They had 

 fowling-pieces of superior workmanship, but now being 

 unable to use them, they broke them to pieces, declarmg 



