Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, June 18, 1777

This morning 8 of Lieut Taylors men came in, one swam over the Lake—another Col^o Hale's men found in McIntoshes field—General Schyler¹ came into Camp to-day—Major Lithgow² went to Fort George on Court Martial—Revd Allen of Pittsfield came into Camp.

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¹ Philip Schuyler, of Albany, was a Major-General in the army. He commanded at Fort Edward when Ticonderoga was evacuated by St. Clair. He did not appreciate the quality of the New England troops, and excited the hostility of that section. He lacked the "soldier's eye" and lost the confidence of his troops. Congress superseded him by Gates early in August. Gates was his personal enemy, and, though "sensible of the indignity," Schuyler showed great nobility of character and firm loyalty by doing everything to forward the work of his successor.

² William Lithgow, born in Georgetown, Maine, was a Major in the Continental line. He was known as an ardent patriot. After the war he was U. S. Attorney in Maine.

SOURCE: Amos Perry, The Town Records of Rhode Island, Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 7 (1899), pp. 113-4