1. Maxwell apparently enclosed a copy of the Royal American Gazette (New York) for 9 March.

2. The Royal Gazette (New York) for 13 March reported that “the Cork Fleet sailed with a fair wind” on 12 March.

3. Hessian major Carl Leopold Baurmeister reported in his dispatch of 4 April from New York the British view that “three frigates and some fifty ships” were in the New London harbor (Baurmeister, Revolution in America description begins Carl Leopold Baurmeister. Revolution in America: Confidential Letters and Journals, 1776–1784, of Adjutant General Major Baurmeister of the Hessian Forces. Translated and annotated by Bernhard A. Uhlendorf. New Brunswick, N.J., 1957. description ends , 263).

4. The movements of Rear Adm. James Gambier, who had commanded the British squadron in America since Vice Adm. John Byron’s departure from near Boston for the West Indies on 11 Dec. 1778, were a regular element of Maxwell’s correspondence with GW over the next few weeks. Deemed ineffective, and unpopular with Loyalists, Gambier left New York for England on 6 April 1779 and saw no service for the rest of the war (see Gambier, Narrative description begins James Gambier. A Narrative of Facts, Relative to the Conduct of Vice-Admiral Gambier, During His Late Command in North America. London, 1782. description ends ; Syrett, “Gambier and the American War,” description begins David Syrett. “‘This penurious old reptile’: Rear-Admiral James Gambier and the American War.” Historical Research 74 (2001): 63-76. description ends 69–75). Byron unsuccessfully operated against French forces in the Caribbean into the summer. He then returned to England and took no further part in the war.