1From George Washington to the Brigadier Generals of Militia of Western Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 18 July 1777 (Washington Papers)
The evacuation of Ticonderoga has opened a door for the Enemy, unless speedily and vigorously opposed, to penetrate the Northern part of the State of New York and the Western parts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts Bay. It is also to be feared that they will form a junction by the way of the North River with General Howe and thereby cut off the communication between the Eastern and Southern...