P. S. 1-4 after three, P. M. Three deserters have just come in, who left Verplanck’s Point last night. They all corroborate the accounts, by a detail of circumstances, of the preparations to evacuate both that and Stony Point. I have no doubt that things will at least be held in readiness.
G. Washington.
After dispatching the above, I received a letter from Major-General Heath, of which the following is a copy.
“I now have the pleasure to acquaint your Excellency, that the enemy have left both Points, having burnt and destroyed their works.”
General Du Portail.
Colonel Hamilton.
Mandeville’s, Oct. 21, 1779. 4 o’clock, P. M.
HENRY LEE TO HAMILTON.
Monmouth, Oct. 22d, 1779.
My Dear Sir:
I received your two letters announcing your object, route and wishes. I sent to you at Lewistown two pilots; one of them Captain Schuyler, from whom you may know more than from any other, as he was particularly active.