AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- BURGOYNE'S CAMPAIGN]. ADAM, John, Continental Officer . Autograph letter signed to Elias Boudinot, "Camp at Peekskill," [NY], 18 July 1777. 1 page, folio, integral address leaf, some light browning , otherwise fine. AFTER THE ROUT AT TICONDEROGA, A VICTORY AT FORT ANNE A fine Revolutionary War letter giving an account of the little-known battle at Fort Ann, on Wood's Creek below Ticonderoga, during Burgoyne's campaign. Reporting to Boudinot, Commisary General of Prisoners, Adam reports on a modest American victory over pursuing British troops following the capture of Ticonderoga: "...our Army had followed up their success, burnt and destroy'd the Enemies boats, cut of[f] their communication from Ticonderoga and drove them upon the mountain that lays on the East side of Lake George, which is looked upon to be almost impassible, the loss amounting from this with the former amount of the Enemie kill'd & taken 1000, of our army kill'd & wounded 600, as to this last account I am a little doubtful." On 8 Julym the American commander at Ft. Anne, Col. Henry van Rensselaer, attacked a smaller British pursuit detachment that approached the fort, driving them onto a steep ridge, but retreated at the approach of British reinforcements and burnt the fort. Adam notes that British ships have been active on the Hudson: "The Enemies Shiping [ sic ] that lay in Haverstraw Bay fell down the River early this morning, its said several of their shipping has got to Horseneck [landing, near Greenwich, CT]. and moving...the same way, as when the[y] went to Danbury [CT, raided by the British in April 17777]...can learn no certain accounts where their intended expedition is to be." Adam informs Boudinot of actions that are to be taken against prisoners who were suspected of being Tories: "I was with General Putnam today about the Tory Prisoners, he ordered a Court of enquiry for their examination, that those where no evidence appear'd against them might be set at liberty, the notorious offenders to be tryed [ sic ] by Court Martial, two of such was brought in today, one Edw d. Palmer who says he is a Lieut. in General Browns Regiment but can provide no Commission, the others name Tho s. Williams whom had been in our Custody three times before this, and under sentence of Death when he made his escape with his Irons on, I think its time he were dispatched."
AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- BURGOYNE'S CAMPAIGN]. ADAM, John, Continental Officer . Autograph letter signed to Elias Boudinot, "Camp at Peekskill," [NY], 18 July 1777. 1 page, folio, integral address leaf, some light browning , otherwise fine. AFTER THE ROUT AT TICONDEROGA, A VICTORY AT FORT ANNE A fine Revolutionary War letter giving an account of the little-known battle at Fort Ann, on Wood's Creek below Ticonderoga, during Burgoyne's campaign. Reporting to Boudinot, Commisary General of Prisoners, Adam reports on a modest American victory over pursuing British troops following the capture of Ticonderoga: "...our Army had followed up their success, burnt and destroy'd the Enemies boats, cut of[f] their communication from Ticonderoga and drove them upon the mountain that lays on the East side of Lake George, which is looked upon to be almost impassible, the loss amounting from this with the former amount of the Enemie kill'd & taken 1000, of our army kill'd & wounded 600, as to this last account I am a little doubtful." On 8 Julym the American commander at Ft. Anne, Col. Henry van Rensselaer, attacked a smaller British pursuit detachment that approached the fort, driving them onto a steep ridge, but retreated at the approach of British reinforcements and burnt the fort. Adam notes that British ships have been active on the Hudson: "The Enemies Shiping [ sic ] that lay in Haverstraw Bay fell down the River early this morning, its said several of their shipping has got to Horseneck [landing, near Greenwich, CT]. and moving...the same way, as when the[y] went to Danbury [CT, raided by the British in April 17777]...can learn no certain accounts where their intended expedition is to be." Adam informs Boudinot of actions that are to be taken against prisoners who were suspected of being Tories: "I was with General Putnam today about the Tory Prisoners, he ordered a Court of enquiry for their examination, that those where no evidence appear'd against them might be set at liberty, the notorious offenders to be tryed [ sic ] by Court Martial, two of such was brought in today, one Edw d. Palmer who says he is a Lieut. in General Browns Regiment but can provide no Commission, the others name Tho s. Williams whom had been in our Custody three times before this, and under sentence of Death when he made his escape with his Irons on, I think its time he were dispatched."
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