1To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Carroll and Samuel Chase, 11 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress We are fully sensible of the great Risk of taking post at Dechambeau. We have suggested in Writing the Difficulties and Reasons which have occurred to us against that Measure to Genl: Arnold. Our Army’s remaining at Dechambeau will depend in great Measure on the Strength of the Enemy’s Land Forces, and their Activity and Diligence in following up the Blow they have...