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from his better knowledge of the navigation, than perhaps any 

 other person then with that Genl. That in testimony of your 

 mem'^' warm attachment to and hearty affection for your north- 

 ern army, he embraced every opportunity of rendering them all 

 the encouragement in his power. From the Gen'l down to the cen- 

 tenel, he has entertained 3 or 4000 men at his own expence — he 

 never charged a shilling for vegetables, salmon, milk or any thing 

 else he had to spare them — has complemented them with 1 500 

 salmon in one season ; has supplied a numerous company under 

 Capt Lamar with bread and meat as long as he or his settlers had 

 a pound, during a long stay w'ch they were obliged to make at his 

 place, and thereby reduced his and the families of his tenants, to 

 sufferings they were before unused to ; had every deserter that ap- 

 peared in his settlement taken up and sent to the army ; has lain 

 weeks together on straw in a com'n room, that sick and wounded 

 officers and sold'rs that were sent to or stopt at his house might 

 be more comfortably accommodated, sometimes taking them to 

 Ticonderoga (45 miles distant) at his own charge, and had every 

 sold'er who died in his settlement inter'd in decent coffins, with 

 the honors of war. 



The only association agreement enter'd into ; the only company 

 of minute men formed on either side of Lake Champlain yr mem'*' 

 established on his settlement ; and for example sake, stood in the 

 ranks himself, and did his utmost endeavors to introduce the like 

 among all the other settlements at or near the lake, and finally 

 every 3d man of his tenants enter'd into the countrys service. 

 That, shortly before the retreat of our army from Canada your 

 mem'^' was intimidated by frequent alarms and thereupon re- 

 moved his children and most valuable effects to Crown Point and 

 returned to save his and his tenants crops; intending to have them 

 removed to Ticonderoga as soon as preserved; that in the interim 

 Gen. Sullivan having retreated with the army from Canada, he 

 told your mem''' how much his sick stood in need of our milch 

 cows and beef cattle, that your mem'*'- did not wait for Gen. Sulli- 

 van's compulsive orders (which were afterwards given) to enforce 

 our removal, but had about 100 head removed to C. Point imme- 

 diately, not doubting that he should be paid their value aggreea- 



