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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 177. 



by Sir Guy Carlton, and proposed to your Excel- 

 lency ; but, as I am entirely at a loss to know on 

 what conditions, and what purposes it has to an- 

 swer, I can form no conclusive opinion on its 

 propriety. 



" I am sanguine that the operations against 

 Jamaica will go on, notwithstanding the late mis- 

 fortune, which seems to be rather a splendid than 

 useful victory to the enemy. And as Count de 

 Guichen, who has arrived with a considerable 

 squadron, and taken the command of the com- 

 bined fleets in the West Indies, is still much supe- 

 rior to the British, we have good reason to hope 

 the enterprise may succeed. 



" Inclosed, I transmit your Excellency the Re- 

 port of Brigadier-General Wayne of a consi- 

 derable skirmish In Georgia, wherein Lieut.-Col. 

 Brown, with four or five hundred men, were 

 defeated. The plan was judicious, and executed 

 in a manner that does great honor both to the 

 general and the troops. It will have very happy 

 consequences in Impressing the Indians with an 

 idea of our superior power, and in the destruction 

 of their cavalry. 



" The enemy continue their camp, entrenched 

 at the Quarter House, In a strong position. Tbeir 

 patroles of horse, and ours, frequently go over the 

 same ground. Captain Armsti'ong of the Legion, 

 and Captain Gill of the fourth regiment, with about 

 forty dragoons of Lieut.- Colonel Laurens's com- 

 mand, fell In with a troop of their horse two days 

 ago, and took an officer, eight men, and ten horses, 

 without suffering any other injury than two men 

 wounded. 



" With the highest esteem and regard, 

 I have the honor to [be] 

 Your Excellency's 

 Most Obedient 



Humble Servant, 



Nath. Green. 



His Excellency, 

 General Washington." 



" General Washington to Oovernor Livingston. 



" Head Quarters, Newburgh, 

 July 3rd, 1782. 



"From the inclosed information of Captain 

 Stevens, there is reason to apprehend the business 

 of driving cattle to the enemy is carrying on with 

 great art and assiduity ; it would be a happy cir- 

 cumstance if the villains concerned in it could be 

 detected. I have therefore to propose to your 

 Excellency, that you will be pleased to take such 



{)recautions as you shall judge best calculated to 

 earn whether any such cattle are passing In droves, 

 or smaller parcels (for they may be divided on the 

 road), to the enemy. 



" If your Excellency should hear of them before 

 they turn off towards New York, I think it would 

 be advisable to employ some trusty man or men 

 to dog and follow them privately, until the fact is 

 ascertained ; otherwise. It Is to be feared, no posi- 

 tive proof of the intention of the people engaged 

 in this infamous trade can be obtained. 



" I sincerely wish ev^ry practicable plan may 

 be attempted for seizing the cattle, apprehending 

 and bringing to condign punishment the men ; as 

 this would tend essentially to frustrate the insidi- 

 ous schemes of our enemies, as well as deter their 

 other agents from similar practices. 

 " I have the honor to be. 



With perfect respect, 

 Your Excellency's 

 Most Obedient Servant, 



Go. Washingtox. 



"P. S. — I am honor'd with your Excellency's 

 letter of the 24th June. 



" His Excellency Gov. Livingston." 



Edward Foss. 



ON A PASSAGE IN THE " DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE 

 OF ENGLAND." SURNAMES. 



In this work, to the justly high character of 

 which I need scarcely refer, the " General Re- 

 marks" relating to the periods under consider- 

 ation are full of information of the most interesting 

 kind, as they often contain illustrations of manners 

 and customs not to be met with elsewhere. 



In a portion of the "Remarks" illustrative of 

 the thirteenth century, showing the difficulty and 

 Insecurity of travelling at that time (pp. 120 — 

 122.), there is, however, an Incorrect rendering of 

 an extract from an original document ; and this 

 error seriously affiscts the "illustration" afforded 

 by it. As I am in some degree personally in- 

 volved In the matter, having supplied the material 

 in its original shape, I may perhaps be permitted 

 fully to explain and correct the passage. My 

 only regret is, that I had not the opportunity of 

 calling my friend's attention to the subject before 

 the sheets were finally struck off. The extract is 

 from an Account of the Chamberlain of Chester, 

 29—30 Edw. I., showing how the sum of 1000?. 

 was transmitted from Chester to London, After 

 referring to the convoy for the treasure : 



" It was not sufficient, however," says the late Mr. 

 Turner, "tliat the money should be protected; in the 

 absence of hostels, except in towns, it was necessary to 

 secure the guards from hunger. Therefore they were 

 accompanied hy two cooks, who provided ' a safe lodg- 

 ing' daily for the money ^ and, as a matter of course, 

 provided for the culinary necessities of its conductors." 



It will be seen that upon the word rendered 

 " cooks " depends the whole value of this passage, 



