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New York. By this appointment lie was again placed in a f:tuation per- 

 fedlly agreeable to his inclinavion and genius ,• and in conformity to his 

 orders he repaired to Ticondsroga, where he remained till the clofc of the 

 campaign. 



On January i6, 1777, the convention of the New HampfViire fjrants de- 

 •^ared the whole diltrift to be a foverei^n and independent ftate, to be 

 known and diltinguillied ever atier by liie name of Vermont. The com- 

 inittce ot fafety in New York were then fitting, and on January 20th they 

 announced the trar.fadlion to Coagrefs, complainincr in hi^h terms of the 

 conriuff of Vermont, cenfuring it as a dangerous revolt and oppofition to 

 lawful authority ; and at the lame time remonftrating againft the pro- 

 ceedings of Congrefs in appointing Warner to the command of a regiment 

 independent of the legiQature, and within the bounds ot that ftate ; ' ef- 

 ' peciallv, (aid they, as this colonel Warner hath b:cn conftantly and in- 



* variably oppofed to the legiflature of this ftate, and hath been, on that 



♦ account, proclaimed an outlaw bv the late government thereof. It is 



• abfoiutely necelfary to recall the commiffioiis given to colonel Warner 

 'and the officers under him, as nothing elfe will do us juftice.'* No 

 meafures were taken by Congrefs at that time, either to interfere in the 

 civil contefts between the two dates, or to remove the colonel from his 

 command. Anxious to effect this purpofe, the convention of New York 

 wrote further on the iubjcft on March j ft, and among other things de- 

 clare, ' that there was no: the lealf probability that colonel Warner could 



• raife fuch a number of men as would be an objedl of public concern. '+ 

 Congrefs ftill declined to difrnifs fo valuable an officer frora their feivice. 

 On June 23d Congrefs was obliged to take up the controverfv between 

 New York and Vermont ; but inftead of proceeding to disband the colo- 

 nel's regiment, on June 30tli, tliey relolved, ' that the reafon which in- 



* duced Cony/e's to term that corps, was, that many officers of different 



* ftates who had fcrved :.a Canada, and ' alledged that they could fooa 



* raile a regiment, but were then unprovided for, might be reinflated in 



• thefervice of the United Slates. '^; Nothing can give us a more juft idea 

 of the ientiments which the American Congrefs entertained of the patri- 

 otic and military virtues of the colonel, than their refufing to give him up 

 to the repeated folicitaiions and demands of fo refpc^lable and power- 

 ful a flate, as that vi New York. 



The .American armv itationcd at Ticonderoga were forced to abandon 

 that fortrefs on Julv 6, 1 ;77, in a very precipitate and inegular manner. 

 The colonel wih his regiment retreated along the weftern part of Ver- 

 mont, through the towns of Orvveil, Sudbury, and Hubbirdton. At the 

 laft of thefe tovi'ns, the advanced corps ot the Briti[b army overtook the 

 rear of the Anieiicari troops on the morning of the 7th of July* The A~ 

 mcrican army, all but part of three regiments, were gone forward ; ihtfe 

 v.'cre part of Hale's, Francis's, and Warner's regiments. The enemy at- 

 tacked thetn with luperior numbers, and the higheft profpeft of fuccefs, 

 Francis and Warner oppofed them with great ipirit and vigor ; and no 

 ofBcers or troops could have difcovered more courage and firmnefs than 

 they dilplayed through the whole action. Large reinfoicements ot the en- 

 emy arriving it became irnpoinbieti make any efFectual oppofition. Fran- 

 cis tell in a moU honorable diichargc of his duty. Male furrcndercd with 



* A. Ten Brock's tetter to Congrefs, Jan. to, 1777. 



+ Letter of March i . 



I Journals of Congrefs t June ^0, 177-. 



