HISTORY OF VEI^MONT . 2^u 



about the event, arid itnpatient at not receiving 

 an answer, on Anril 30th, they Wrote again, and 

 carried their offers and promises to a still great- 

 er extent : "His excellency has never lost sight 

 of his first object ; and I am happy to be able 

 in this, to inform you, that the general has late- 

 ly received by way of Halifax, full powers from 

 the king to establish V t government, in- 

 cluding the full extent of the east and west 

 unions, with every privilege and immunity, for- 

 merly proffered to you ; and he is likewise 

 fully authorized, as well as sincerely inclined," 

 to provide amply for *****, and to make ***** 

 brigadier general in the line, ********** field 

 officers, with such other rewards, as your sin- 

 cerity, and good services in bringing about the 

 revolution, may in future merit. In short, the 

 general is vested with full powers, to make such 

 rewards, as he shall judge proper, to all those,- 

 who distinguish themselves, in promoting the 

 happy union : And as his excellency has the 

 greatest confidence in you, and *****, much 

 will depend on your recommendations." 



In July, colonel Ira Allen was sent again into 

 Canada, with a letter from the governor of Ver- 

 mont, to general Haldimand, requesting the re- 

 lease of two officers, belonging to Vermont, 

 who were then prisoners in Canada. The Brit- 

 ish agents were uncommonly desirous, of bring- 

 ing their negociations with Vermont, to an im- 

 mediate decision. All the arts of negociation 

 were employed, on the one hand, to persuade 

 Vermont to declare herself a British province ; 

 and, on the other, to avoid this step, without 

 bringing on a renewal of hostilities. A secret 



