Aug. 30—General Schuyler embarks on Lake Champlain, for an expedition against Canada. He leaves the command with General Montgomery. Early in September General Arnold starts with eleven hundred men to Canada by Maine.
Sept. 24—Ethan Allen is taken prisoner, near Montreal.
Oct. 18—Falmouth (now Portland, Maine) burned by the British.
” 22—Peyton Randolph, of Virginia, died. He was the first President of Congress.
Nov. 3—Montgomery captures St. Johns, Canada.
” 13—Montreal surrendered to the Americans under Montgomery.
” 20—$3,000,000 more in bills of credit issued by Congress, payable in eight years.
Dec. 7—Lord Dunmore, British Governor of Virginia, defeated near Norfolk, Virginia.
” 13—A navy of thirteen vessels created by Congress. Letters of marque and reprisal granted.
” 21—The British Parliament pass a bill declaring all American vessels and goods, and those of all persons trading with them, a lawful prize, and authorizing the impressment of American sailors into the royal navy, where they might be required to fight against their own cause and friends.