1. These letters have not been found.

2. A letter from Howe to Maj. Gen. William Heath, dated 4 Oct. at Bedford, N.Y., reads in part: “I am sorry to inform you that yesterday about 10 O’Clock as Lieut. [Erasmus] Gill was patrolling near East Chester with twenty four Horse, that a superior Party of the Enemies Horse who were out (as we supposed upon the same occasion) appeared in his rear, the rout by wh[ich] he would retreat was difficult, if at all practicable, & the Enemy appearing in confusion he thought it best by a Vigorous charge to force his way, this he Gallan[t]ly effected, & began to think all over, when a considerable body of Infantry appeared before him, & all that was left him was to surrender, or get thro’ them, he nobly adopted the latter resolution, & charged them with such repidity that he broke them, & had effected his purpose, when his Horse unfortuna[te]ly getting wounded threw him, he was last seen about thirty yards before the Enemy exerting himself to escape, but the Ground being open I much fear he is fallen into their hands. His conduct & spirit upon this & several other occasions do him the highest honour. His whole party except two killed & one taken in action are safe” (MHi: Heath Papers). For Hessian captain Johann Ewald’s account of this action, see Ewald, Diary, description begins Johann Ewald. Diary of the American War: A Hessian Journal. Translated and edited by Joseph P. Tustin. New Haven and London, 1979. description ends 178–81.