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rcTnove the difficulty you mult labour under; by. not
being able to place any confidence in the tcftimpny;'
6l a itranger, mult . -therefore, in thatTcafej beg the
tavour ot your wnungietter, directed to tnc iion
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England, to be communicated to the, Committee, of
Safety for that place, whofe joint teftjmohyiwiU
doabtlcfs fet my character in its true light. Any
ufe may be made of the above which may tend '. to :
' promote the public good.' - ; CllL
V TTr Yours as above, jrPAfcsdsis," Jun. : ;
PHILApEtPHIA, June 28. ;
' i? an Exprefs lubkb arrived bert on Saturday Evert
. iWi have tbe following Account of the Battle . at
lioariejtown, on Saturday toe IJto oj tunt'injtant.
naay iigni, cue. ipm iBs-niteen. nun
'dried of theProvincials went to Bunker YHilL
in order, to IntrencH there, and continued intrench
ing till" Saturday 10 o'Cl ick; when two Thoufand
Regulars marched out of Bbiton; landetin Charlef-
-townand plundering itf-alHtaluablrEffeajjT
fet- Fire to it in ten different Places al once ; then
dividing their Army, Part of it marched up in the
. Front of the PfovincialTntrenchmcnt, and began
- to attack the Provincials at long Shot ; ; theothir
Part of their Army marched round the Toyn of
Cliarleftown under Cover of the Smoke occafibned
" by the Fire of the Town, f The Provincia1TCen tries ;!
uncovered tne Kegniar? marcning upon, tneir lett
Wtng. Upon Notice of tins given by theCentry
to the" Conneftfcut" Force's poftechon. that ,V ng
Cart. Nolton, of Afhford, ith 400 of faid Forcel,
im mediattely repaired to, and pulled up; a Poll
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Majcr-THOMAS MIFFLIN - iff appointed- Aid
de Camp'to General Walhingtoni and accompanies "
the General to -the hCarap niar BoloQ;Tbe active X
and fuccefsful Part which this Gentleman has taken
in , the civil and miUtary Affairs of the Province of
Vennfylvania, had endeared' him, fo much to his
leiiow ntxzens, that lew Men have ever left us
, more univerfally beloved or regretted. -v .-.".'
-And Yeftcrday Morn in e Briffadier General SUL-?
- LI VAN,' one of theT)elegates frbm the ColSy ;f
ew-HamplbevJet off from hence to join theA- .
mcru.Au Army ucar owiontxie was accompaniea
a few Miles from Town, by, a Detachment of the
light Infantry of the third BattalUon, and by many
Oificers and Gentlemen belonging tb the Militia
of the City.;.,':;- v.; 1 -,:
Ytjierdaj an Exprefs arrived here from the, Cam) near
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jsojtcn, py nufjGKi ive hOfvt we jouowng intelligence.,
t , -Col B . Li jffco LN7 HinglamMbnddy T-
. Yefterday I came out qT Boftpn .at 2 ' 'Clock K
v My Lord,,' .... rv : "J: '
, iJG the Favour of your .Lord&ip ho lay before-
ius Majefty the peculiEqi3arrilIijien of ray pre-
'Your Lordlhip is no Stranger to. the ConijV wluthi ,-
I lave obfwved in the tSnhlppy pifutss wkh cur A '
'; meiican Colonits. ; i ..- : ,.'-. i:';.i??-'.3 C,;'. ;;.f.v V
.; - rhe King is too juftend toa generous not to. believe
that the Votes I haye given in Pjuiiamc.ithi Uesa
"gven-according ; to trie Diftate." of my Co.ijaence.
' Whether Xiave' erred or not,-the Courfe of futUie L
f;ents. inuik: determine: y la the mean Tiine if' I were
, fapable of filcti Duplicity, as to Art "Way concerned
;K Chforcing thofe Meaiiues,' of Wurcii' ( have lb publicly'
- tuid folcmnly exprefled.'my Difaprobati on I fliould ill
: deferve what liam molt ani jitijus of bbtaining," the -
Eileetfl and favourable -Opinion of my. Sovert ign.. .
Mv Requolt. therefore to your Lcrdhin'is this, that
joj "will :ailure"3rrajetty;thAU-
and Rail Fence, and carrying the Ports and Rails, to -
another fence, put them together for. a Brealtr
Work. "Capt. Noltori gave Orders to the Me.i not
tiisfirr"TJntit the Enemy were got wuhin fifteen
. . Rods, and t,hen hot till the Word was given. ' .At-.
. ' the' Word's being given the Enemy fell .furprifing
ly IV was thought by Spectators who ftood a. a
- -- Diftance that our Men did great Execution. -
) The Aftion continued about two Hours, when
- - the Regulars on the right Wing were put ihto Con--
fufion arid gave' Way ; the ' Connecticut TrooPs
! clofely purfued them, and wera on the Point of
pufhing their Bayonets', when Orders were '.received :
7 - froni General Pomeroy, for thofe who hadbeen in"
Aftipn for two Hours to fall back, and their Places
7TV tcr'befar)piied by (refli Tropps'.Thefe Orders"ber
:f ing miftaken for a Direction to retreat, i our Troops
j on tbe ri'eht.Wing began a general Retreat, which :
, . was handed to th2 left, the principal Place of Acti-
' .v on, where LaptainsWolton-ChefteriCiark-am
I Putnam; jhaU'Lrcecl the Enemy to give Way, and
. . were bsfore them. for foma -confiderabls Diltance, '
V and being warmly, purfuing the Enerayi wereith
1 Difficulty perfuaded to retire but the right AVing,
r by miliaking the Orders, having alreadyVdtrcatedJ
iKIeft; to fcvMd-bcrngrtttifcxfwerih
retreat alfo with the main Body! ' They retreated
with Precipitation acrofs the Caufeway to Winter's ,
!Hill ica which they were expofed t.ci the Fire of the
Enemy ifrom their Shipping and floating Bitteries.
We fuftainedoiir principal Lofs in paiTmg the Caufe
vy; The Enemy purfued oar Troops to WiaterV
-Hill; where, the Prqvincials being reinforced by
General Putnam, renewed, the Battle with great
Spirit, repalfed the Enerriy with great Slaughter ,
and putfued thcnatill they got under Cover ot their
Cannon frofh the Shippingi when. the Enemy re
turned to Bunker's-Hill, and the Provincials to
Winter's Hill, wher, after entrenching and crel-
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.'the Regulars on Bunker's Hill, and on the Ships
I , 'and floating Batteries lfi the Harbour,' when. the
Exprefs came awayr The Number ' of Provincials
I7TWdTsbetw are wbunded."
Of the ConajclicutTroops, 16 were killtd: No
Officer among them was tithef killed or wounded
excepting Lieutenant Grofvcrnor, who was wound-
-ed in the Hand. A Colonel, or Lieutenant-Colonel
of the New-Hamphire forces, is among the Dead.
Th'e Provincials loft three Iron fix Pounders,' fome
intrenching Tools and a few ICnapfacki. t, ...
.The Number of Regulars which firft attacked
the Provincials on Bunker's Hill was not, lefs than
1000. The Number of the Provincials was only
1 500, who, it is fuppofed, would foon have gain
a ccmpleat Victory Had it not iuca ior.Utc un,-
hnpvy Mmake already mmnoncd. The Regulars
were afterwards re'nforced with a Thoufand M-i.'
M. I heard he. Officers and Soldiers fay, that they
were fure thcy had a Thoufand or more Men killed .
and "wounded. they were carrvinjr the wbiinded :
from 4; o'Clock on Saturday until f came 'away. -General
Howe commaTided the Troops ; they buri- '
ed their Dead at Ch.arteltovnT: among whom was
Major Pit.cairn, a1 great many other Officers, are "
dead. There were 5606 Soldiers went out of Bofr
ton, The Soldiers and Officers4xult; very milch fc
upon taking our Lines. , 1 1 ,
. Copy. . , JOB BRADFORD. ,t
June 20, 1775. . The Deadand jMiffing on our :
- Part-areabout 60 or 70.The alove Account of
', Captain - Bradford's, is confirmed I by' twb other
-ljChannels, and agree. ; i ", . -- '
who is more-ready than lam, ".'"with the uttnoit Chear
fulntls, to Tac) ififce bisXife ..ad'brix'-; in Support of; :
in theJSafctyivH nur; - aAd r ifyniOiMajeily's 1
Crown and r'crliu ; '..but tlxe-veiy (ame Piincipki which -Tiave
infpired nje WtX theie';uaititerabie Sentiment's of ; 1
:Duty and Aite&ioh to his Majeity, will not lujfer me
"to be iailrUmeniiij depriving" an Pit of his People ' '
of thofe Liberties, iyhich form the belt Security for -their
Fidelity 'and Obedience to his. Government; As '.
T cannot, without Reproach' from my own ConlLiencef
rp6fent-;4ear- Anulagainft : ni-fell6. Subjtcls tA
America, in j.wh;';my..:e:kvJ3j(;cencriv'is n 1 ;
clafjCauIe i ind.'as it iems' riaiv to be, fitvaily relblveij
that the iid Regiment is tb go iipiri the .American"
Service, I-defire your Lordfhip to, lay me in. the moi
-datifuL Mariner a his Ivfaieliy'j Feet, and hunibly beff
.. Your Lqrdlliip will lfo4be fo obliging to intreat, thatJ
as j way 50l!-blothe '.Service would irititje
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4 , i ' : y. J J.J.-r"j u..
KJlica or wouuuca, uai 11 was mppoicu uy
were
SpedUtors who faw the whole Aftiohthat there
could not be lefs than 4 01 500 killed.' Mr. Gard-
who got out of Bolton on Sunday Lvcning,
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fays, that there were cob wounded Men brought
into that Place the Morning before. he came out.
1 This Account was taken from Capt. Elijah Hide,
ci Lebanon who was a Spectator on Winter's Hill
, during the whole Attion.
- On Friday Morning tht Generals WASHING-.
' TON end LEE fet oft from this City 16 take the
'. Command of the American Army :at Ma'irw.hu.1
fctts-Bay.' The were accompanied from Town by
, the Troop of light Hotfe, and by all the Offifers cf
the City Militia oh Horfebick, who attended them
about 6,vc Miles, when they returned, bat the for
, incr continued with tHcra. I '
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;We have juft (VeceiVed an Account by a" Man',
"wntrir'faid "to- have" fwamoiitofBoftonfahafwcV
killed and, wounded 1000 ot the jVfinifterial Troopj",
among the firil of which is a, Generalj, Majors She
riff and Pitcairn, and 60 other Orjiicr ; 70 Ofiicers
.wounded;'' The 'Whole of thejrubps landed it
Charleftown were coooV : " ; v-' k--
.Jn.this Atlon tdLoiir. worthy ad much-lament
-d trlend Dr." warren, with as rnuvli Glory as a
Wolfe, -after performing ' many 'Feats pf Bravery,
and exhibiting a Coolnefs and Conduct;' which did
Honour to the Judgment of his Country"TiTappoint
ing him; a few Days before, one of our Majors
General.' -7-
Extraft of a Letter from IFetbersfeld, jfhne 22. , .
.' Before this you mult know (I conclude) that"
there has been a Battle, in whichJjeUjhejhonbura--
-tlerbbleH&rTVafren. FoFFearTyoii ' may not -"have
he'Particullrs I will endeavour in Part to
relki'e to you how the Affair was, 'according to the.
v befl Accounts I can gather py fetters irom the
' Camp.. Laft Friday AfierncniOMejjejiifiued
for about 1 806 of the ProvinCi4 Jt 'Vo, and "zoo
ot; tnetxiorrncumivr'io paiadV Jirft 1 ve " ar Iix "
vb Clo.ck,' with one Day's Proyifion;1 e4uipped with
lacksi Blankets, &c - Their Orders were given
at nine o'Clotk, and they marched with their
TfeamsJ trenching Tools,5 &c. on Bunker's'.Hill,
to heave up.an Entrenchmentwhich you arp fenfii
. ble'is near the Water, ShipsJ &c. They worked
molt furprifmgly that N?ght,,-and were difcovjered
at Suntiie by a Sailor, ironi the Mad-Head. The
Britiih Army began a heavy Fire from Cop's-Hill,
hear Cutler's "Churchi. in Bofton and from all the
Ships' whkh could be brought'to play, whicK con
tinued till near Night. . . ,
About i o'Clock M. the Americans at
Cambridge heard that the Regulars were landing
from their floating Batteries, the Alarm was found. .
ed,"and"tKey'were ordered down to the Ere'alt Work
at Charlelrown j and Capt. Cheiler writes me, that
befirc it was pbffible for him to get there, the Bat
tle had begun in earned and Cannon and Mulket
Balls were plenty about their Ears." Cheflef and my
Brother were both in the Engagement. They fe,
inforced'our Men that had left the Breaft Work in
.fine Order, th'o' they paCed thro' the cannonading
of the Ships, .Bombs," Chain-Shot, Ring-Shot,-kc.
but then their fuperior Number of Artillery and
Men, for they were three to two, forced our Men
to retreat, after a warm Engagement of an Hour
and a Half. .Thank Heaven, but few of our Men
fell, conlrdering the Advantages tey had Over u't,'
our Men being much fatigued with working at the
. Entrenchments,-and I baiitve not in the belt Pjc
' paraticn to meet an Enemy. The Biiiiflt, Troops,
to their1 eternal Difcracc, - Sham: and Barbarity.'
ict Charleftown on Fife with Torches J :
i My Brother fays we weie obliged to retreat to
Prbfpea-Hill (alias Wihter-Hill) where we made
a Stand, and declared we would all die befbre we
would retreat any further j but the Britiih .Troops
' did net think 'fit to come out from under the Pro
- tc&ion 6f their Shipping The Lofs of Americans
is fuppofed to be, of wounded, milling and (lain ,
about 120. ' A large; genteel; well dfcn'ed Gentle- .
man, who firft mounted our Brcalt Work,'ai ovcr4
fet by one of our impudent Americans; who took
fd codd Aim' as to prevent his ever -mounting ano
ther,, aiic. tumbled him into the Entrenchment,
juft as he cried, The Day it cur onxn. .t
' We greatlv rejoice to Hear of the coming of
me goou, mc uravc, ana great ucnerai wauung
inn ri i'iii rrr.ii mm mirn m
me td; the Right ot felling wha( I buglitI may be-
allowed to retain my Rank m the Army : that whene-'
ver the Envy or Ambition of foreign Powers (hould
require '"it71jmaybehaHed to ferve his'Majefty and
my Country in that Way, inVhich ftbne I can exptel
to ferve them with any De;ree of ErTefl. s .
Your -Lordfliio will eafiiy conceive the , Regret and .
Mortification i leel sit being neceffitated to quit the mi
litary Frofeilior which has been that of my Anccllors
fqr majGcneratioiis, itpwhich J have betn bred al- .
"molt from mynfaiicyTtb. wlilch. f have devoted th
Study of riiy Life, and to perfect mylelf in which, I
have fought Inftrufbon and S ryice in whatever Part
of the World they were to be found .,'
" I havV delayed- tlds to-the lafl JVI.orrient, .'. left any
wirong Conftr uftioa mould be given 'to ' a Cpnduil
" which is inrluenced only., by the- purclt . Motives ." t
complain of nothing j I love-my Pr-jfcfliun, andfiiould
think it highly blameable to quit any Coyi fe of Life ia
which I might be.ufcful to the Pjiblic,jTo loniaimy
conftitutionol Principlts,land my otians of .Honour
, pernutttd me to continue in it. 1 have the Honour to
be, with great Refpecl, . . , t . . . . . , ..
; "Your Lordi'hip's inoft obedient, r ' " - """' '
AJJpbi BuiUingx, And moft hurrible Servant, "'
April It, 1775. ' - P t t 1 M U'U A Mi
orJ BARRiMGTOtf , Secretary at War,
N"E W B E R N, July 14.
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Commitet ChamttrJ u! it 177.
MR. GEOPxGE MILLER iniormd the CcTfi: -mjttee
that divers ir.jurious and icaadaloui
Reports, have, and ttill do prevail in this and thd
heighbparing Counties, tetd.nj; to repreftnt hkn as ,
a Perfun inimical to American Liberty ; and that re-.'
gardlefs'of tHe fcveral Rul and Regulation adopt
ed by the Provincial Convention, and County Com
tnittecs,.as well as by the folemn Refolves of the
Congrefs, had aitually publifbed. and caufed to bo
handed bout; for the Purpofe of being figned by
the Freem'en of this County, ccttsiri written Papers,
purporting a Difovoual of, and Oppofiticn to, all
" Obedience fl any Mtafurcs recommended by Ihe
Congrefs.' Which Allega?ion being minutely in- -quired
ihp by this Committee,' . '
Arol'ved, That the aforedid Charge U i altogetner
bnjuit,' ungenerous, and without Foundation ; and
tbat frcm the Conducl of ihe fid George Miller on
all Occafioni, it appears to this' Committee he has
appr.vtd himfelf a Friend to American Liberty.
Refolvedy That Mr. Jarnet Davit tc reguefled td
publifh ihe aforefaid Ri folve in the hrewler Gixeue,
By Order. . " ' J. GLASGOW, Cnai-manl ,i
: On Monday laft. the Court of Pycf and Tcrmli
rier fat here, ' but there b?ing no Venire returned
from Pitt Covintythe Julias tthcre not qualifying '
lartXourt oh Account of. foitnc new Additioos ta
their Comraitfidn of the Peace, his Honour the
Chicf'Ju.Ike; dlcTllttle or no Bunhefi; And Ihe Pri
for.ers were remanded till next Term.
' We hear from Salilharv, that this Province is at'
lad delivered from that PelVof.Socicry Jofeph Pet
taway,' one of the Perfons' that roUbtd Mr. Foy,
and vTho has committed, with one Jacob Odam, a
Man' now in this Gaol, and others, the' molt- dar
ing Robberies that perhaps have been perpetrated
in America. ,This Manjriadc his Exit at the Gal
lows in Salilbury," oh the 30th of June lad, purfu
ant to his Sentence, for a Robbery commiticd at
the Houfe bf Mr. Belief Guilford County; and
from Hillfboruugh we are iifformtd that 7 have bc'eo! ,
lately hang.d there,' for various Ciimes.
On Wedotlda) U(t -rrntd here ihe Brig. J ha
and William, dpt. Srtith, ir S VVcrks frrm Loo
don., He brings 00 Piprti," Nut f;s there ar
prtat Appcarinces of War in EriKland, Siameni
wages arc raiftd, and almyft the Shirs t f the holt
Navy ate ia Commiftcn. That there hart Leti
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