condition of his army, [281];

urges enlistments for the war, [282];

calls for better officers, [282];

proposes to burn New York, [283], [334];

not wishing independence (1775), [255];

headquarters at Harlem, [284];

his army along the Bronx, [285];

at White Plains, [286];

at New Castle, [286];

rude cut of, [311];