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