294. To J. B. Holroyd, Esq.

Friday evening, November 22nd, 1776.

News from the Lakes. A Naval combat in which the Provincials were repulsed with considerable loss. [344] They burnt and abandoned Crown point. Carleton is besieging Ticonderoga. Carleton, I say, for he is there, and it is apprehended that Bourgoyne is coming home. We dismissed the Nabobs without a division. Burke and Attorney General spoke very well. This evening a letter from Aunt Hester. She seems angry with Gilbert’s accounts, and dissatisfied with her poor balance. Adieu.