1John Thomas to the Commissioners to Canada, 7 May 1776 (Franklin Papers)
Reprinted from Peter Force, ed., American Archives: Consisting of a Collection of Authentick Records, State Papers, Debates, and Letters and Other Notices of Publick Affairs . . . (4th series; 6 vols., [Washington, D.C.,] 1837–46), VI , 451–2. Immediately on my arrival at the camp before Quebeck, which was on the 1st instant, I examined into the state of the Army, and found, by the returns,...