[20] “Delaplace appeared in shirt and drawers, with the frightened face of his pretty wife peering over his shoulder.”—Idem.
[21] “‘Deliver me the fort instantly!’ said Allen. ‘By what authority?’ asked Delaplace. ‘In the name of the great Jehovah and the Continental Congress.’ answered Allen. Delaplace ... at sight of Allen’s drawn sword near his head ... gave up the garrison.”—Bancroft’s U. S., vol. vii., ch. 32, p. 340.
[22] “The garrison of forty-eight men were surrendered prisoners of war, and ... sent to Hartford.”—See Lossing’s Pict. Field Book, vol. i., p. 125.
[23] “120 pieces of cannon, 50 swivels, 2 ten-inch mortars ... 10 tons of musket-balls, three cartloads of flints ... 100 stand of small-arms, 10 casks of powder, 2 brass cannon, 30 barrels of flour, 18 barrels of port, etc.”—See Idem.
[24] “This success was followed by others; the capture of a sloop-of-war and St. John’s Fort.... In the autumn of the same year, he was twice sent into Canada to excite rebellion against the English government.”—Appleton’s Cyclopædia of Biography.
[25] “Allen was sent to Canada in 1775; was taken prisoner and carried to England, where his appearance excited great interest. On his return, he was received with great demonstrations of joy in Bennington, and made Maj.-Gen. of Vermont. He died in 1789, aged fifty.”—See Idem.
[26] Allen is said to have had a remarkably keen and expressive eye.
HOW BARTON TOOK THE GENERAL.[1]
Narragansett Bay, July 10, 1777.