It was the author's intention at the cora-
mencement of this " narrative," to have given
credit for such matter as he might be induced
to draw from other sources than those named
in the introduction. But in the progress of his
Meriting, he found his own corrections and re-
marks, in many instances, so commingled with
those selections, as to render it almost, if not
not quite, impracticable, and possibly so unin-
telligible to many, that he was reluctantly
compelled to abandon the idea in many cases»
And to give credit in one instance and not in
another, would manifestly be doing an injus-
tice ; he has therefore left it for the reader to
make his own researches, as a means of im-
proving his habits of reading, and possibly, his
undelrstanding. In the meantime the author
apologizes to those from whom he has, more
or less, drawn, believing, as his object is to
give a correct statement of facts, they will
deem it of sufficient credit to them, to know
that they have been referred to as authority for
a portion of this work.
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APPENDIX.
The following is an extract of a letter written by
the venerable Samuel WoodruflF, Esq,, of Connecticut,
a volunteer under Gen. Gates, and a participator in the
battle of the seventh of October, and who again visit-
ed the very important gi'ound some few years since.
