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bly to the Genl promise ; but was most unexpectedly disappointed 

 by the injustice of the commissarys — one of whom said, that now 

 your mem's cattle were there, 'twas in his power to take what ad- 

 vantage he thought proper in the price of them j and another offer- 

 ing only ^th part of their real value. 



That, the crops belonging to your mem'st and his tenants, being 

 of very considerable value, and their preservation of much im- 

 portance to our army, he apply^ for, and obtained from Gen. 

 Gates, a small party of men to secure and preserve the same, 

 for which purpose he returned home with the party to prosecute 

 the business; that duiing the time of his stay at his settle', 

 Major Hay, A D Q M G came to his place and made a firm agree't 

 with y^ mem"' for the whole, agreeable to the account herewith, 

 which your mem't has frequently applyed for payment of, to the 

 Gent, wliom your honors have been pleased to appoint commis- 

 sioners for liquidating ac^'^ without effect; by which your 

 mem"^' has obtained very considerable loss ; as by his having hud 

 it in his power to employ that sum in trade, the benefits arising 

 would no doubt have kept pace with the depreoiation in the value 

 of money. Shortly after entering into the above agree't, your 

 mem'^ fully determined to remove himself, his slaves, stocks, 

 crops and such portable furniture and tools as remained behind, 

 to Ticonderoga ; made a kind of cellar in the woods, in which he 

 hid away his saw and grist mill irons, and a great variety of other 

 irons< and some steel; in value at that time, not less than X200 ; 

 loaded two batteaux witli lioiisehuld stuff and other articles, and 

 brought them and his whole family then remaining, to the house 

 of one of the tenants, 3 miles south from where your mem"' 

 then lived ; only waiting for a northerly wind to lavor their pas- 

 i;age to C. Point; for wJiich purpose y'r mem'st had the boats 

 hauled a good way up on the shore, without unloading them, 

 keeping his people in the meanwhile closely employed in har- 

 vesting. ]r<'re y* mcnp' remained 2 or 3 days, not daring to 

 stay at home, being there nuich more dangerously situated should 

 an enemy come; during this period. Gen. Arnold then down the 

 lake with the fleet, in reward for your mem'' zral in the cause, 

 for the manifold services he had rendered our army, and for a 



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