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November the 15, 1777 nothing new today. 



the 16 day nothing new today came in one deserter 



the 1 7 day, the regiment brigade was alarmed 



the I 7 day nothing today. 



the 18 day today the brigade was alarmed by a scouting party 

 of the Regulars which landed below Tarrytown and burnt some 

 houses and some barns and carried off 2 horses and some men. 



the 19 day nothing new today. 



Tarrytown Camp, November the 20 day 1777 Nothing new 

 today. 



the 21 day today there was alarmed and a 'tachment of 300 

 men out of the brigade were sent down to Tarrytown and there 

 was nothing there : so we drawed a gill of rum and came back 

 again 



the 22 day nothing new today. 



the 23 day nothing new today. 



the 24 day nothing new today. 



Tarrytown Camp November the 25 day. nothing new today. 



the 26 day nothing new today. 



the 27 day today the brigade was alarmed and marched down 

 towards Kings Bridge and then marched back to New Rochelle 

 and there staid till the 29 day. 



November the 30 day. Captain Manner's Camp, today our 

 times are out and we march for home. 



December the 7 day we arrived home. 



End of Journal. 



The joyful news of Burgoyne's surrender reached Co- 

 hasset much earlier than her soldiers returned, but on both 

 occasions there was no little happiness here. The success 

 of the American cause seemed now assured, and it was 

 confidently expected that within another three years the 

 soldiers of King George would all be driven from our land. 

 A new call for Continental soldiers was therefore issued 

 for a service of three years, or till the end of the war. 

 When Burgoyne's prison army came to Cambridge, our 

 town had to furnish its share of soldiers to keep guard of 

 the captives, so the town records say. First, six men were 



