[53] "The American Revolution and Boer War," By Sidney Fisher, 1902.

[54] Irving's "Life of Washington," Vol. II., chap. xli.

[55] "Essays in American History," 179. See also "Royalists' Archives," Mass. State House.

[56] "North American Review," LIX., page 280.

[57] The "Journal and Letters of Samuel Curwin," 147.

[58] The Works of Alexander Hamilton, by H. C. Lodge, 2d edition, Vol. IV., page 239.

[59] Letters of John Adams to His Wife, Vol. I., p. 45.

[60] Letters of John Adams to His Wife, Vol. I., p. 8.

[61] Adams' Works, Vol. II., 420.

[62] Life of Winthrop, Vol. II., 427.