Letters written to Janet Livingston in the year 1775

Isle Aux Noix, CAN - 5 September 1775

We have made an excursion to St. Johns with the small corps with which I left Ticonderoga.

Isle Aux Noix, CAN - 12 September 1775

I am, my dear Janet, so exceedingly out of spirits and so chagrined with the behavior of the troops, that I most heartily repent having undertaken to lead them.

St Johns, CAN - 6 October 1775

Little change has happened since my last. I still wait for reinforcement ; the troops have hitherto gone home sick, almost as fast as they came.

St Johns, CAN - 9 October 1775

This evening I received my dear Janet's three letters to the 23rd September, which bring me the agreeable news of your recovery.

Montreal, CAN - 13 November 1775

This morning the Bostonians have marched into town ; the Governor, with his small garrison, having abandoned it two nights since, and retired towards Quebec

Montreal, CAN - 24 November 1775

The other day General Prescott was so obliging as to surrender himself and fourteen or fifteen land officers, with above one hundred men, besides sea officers and sailors, prisoners of war.

Quebec, CAN - 5 December 1775

I suppose long ere this we have furnished the folks of the United Colonies with subject-matter of conversation. I should like to see the long faces of my Tory friends.