[113] Lodge's "Washington," i, 138.
[114] Trevelyan's "Revolution," Part 1, 378, footnote.
[115] See Frothingham's "Siege," and Appendix III of Vol. 3 of the "Writings of Washington." Both of these books quote Swett's "History of Bunker Hill Battle."
[116] "Writings of Washington," iii, 491.
[117] "Writings of Washington," iii, 22.
[118] Ibid., iii, 71.
[119] Washington's correspondence with Major Christopher French is an interesting instance of the patience of a great man with the impatience of a small one.
[120] The letters that passed between Washington and Gage, and later between him and Howe, are to be found in the volumes of his "Writings," and make interesting reading. Washington had at this time no prisoners in his hands other than those taken as described, because the prisoners of the 19th of April had been exchanged on the 6th of June.
[121] Fonblanque's "Burgoyne."
[122] "Writings of Washington," iii.