FOOTNOTES:
[83] A British spy who was in Bennington at the time gave a report of the proceedings rather unfavorable to the success of the British cause.
[84] When Ethan Allen resigned, General Enos was appointed in his place.
[85] Winsor says in his Critical History, vol. vii. p. 188: "These tergiversations of Congress were not inducive of steadfast patriotism in the new State."
[86] Vt. Hist. Soc. Collections, vol. ii.; Governor and Council, vol. ii.; Early History of Vermont, Hiland Hall; History of Vermont, Ira Allen; Williams's History, vol. ii.; Thompson's Vermont.
The Haldimand correspondence, in a voluminous cipher, was obtained from the British Archives and sent to the distinguished antiquarian, Henry Stevens, of Barnet. These papers, now in the office of the secretary of state, were published in full by the Vermont Historical Society in 1871.