Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, July 31, 1777

Lodged at Gen1. Schuylers² went up to Mr. Niels the Army pass^d down the other side, except Gen1. Poors Brigade which stopt here—Gen1. Glovers Brigade³ arrived at Surratoga—

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² Schuyler's house was afterwards the scene of Burgoyne's last orgy, in company with his mistress and military friends. In the morning he ordered it fired with the barn; for which he has been much censured. Other critics, not partial to him, claim that the burning was a military necessity. See Kingsford History of Canada, VI., 262-3. The story of the supper, commonly received, is disputed in Baxter's note to Digby's Journal, p. 43.

³ Of the Continental line.

SOURCE: Amos Perry, The Town Records of Rhode Island, Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 7 (1899), p. 125

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, June 23, 1777

Dined at Genl. Poors—receivd a letter from Revd Ward pr. Post—(Major Hull, Capt. Gray & others dined with us—

SOURCE: Amos Perry, The Town Records of Rhode Island, Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 7 (1899), p. 114

Diary of Reverend Enos Hitchcock, May 26, 1777

Generals Poor¹ & Patterson,² Col^os J Baldwin, Scamel,³ Wilkinson & Hays dined here. Pudding, Veal &c.

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¹ Enoch Poor, of Andover, Mass., in the words of Washington, "had every claim to the esteem of his country." He was appointed colonel after the battle of Lexington, and brigadier-general February 21, 1777.

² John Patterson, of Berkshire, Mass., received the news of Lexington at noon. At sunrise next morning his regiment of minute-men was on the march to Cambridge. His commission as brigadier bears date February 21, 1777.

³ Alexander Scammell, of Mendon, Mass., Colonel Third New Hampshire. He was wounded at Freeman's farm, and much commended for conduct in the field. The fair-minded Gordon (II. 549) praises his coolness as well as his courage. He was mortally wounded at Yorktown. He was beloved for his amiable qualities.

SOURCE: Amos Perry, The Town Records of Rhode Island, Publications of the Rhode Island Historical Society, New Series, Vol. 7 (1899), p. 109