1From George Washington to Colonel Jacob Bayley, 25 June 1776 (Washington Papers)
I this morning recd yours of the 28 Ulto and approve the measures you had adopted for opening the road to St Johns, which may be still proper to pursue—But as our Army in Canada since their retreat from Quebec has met with further misfortunes and there is the strongest reason to believe they will be Obliged to Abandon the possession of that Country, If they have not already done It, I would...