1. The troops that began embarking on British ships in New York Harbor on Sunday 24 Nov. sailed to Rhode Island under the command of Gen. Henry Clinton on 1 Dec. (see Mackenzie, Diary description begins Diary of Frederick Mackenzie Giving a Daily Narrative of His Military Service as an Officer of the Regiment of Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Years 1775–1781 in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1930. description ends , 1:114–18). Ithurial and Salua Pell were both New York surgeons during the Revolutionary War.

2. For the stores that had been at Tappan, see Heath to GW, 26 Nov., and note 4.

3. John Vaughan (c.1731–1795), who was a member of Parliament from 1774 to 1795, served in America and the West Indies during the Seven Years War as lieutenant colonel commandant of the 94th Regiment, and by the end of the war, he was lieutenant colonel of the 46th Regiment. Vaughan became colonel of that regiment in May 1775, and on 1 Jan. 1776 he was appointed a major general in America only. Vaughan arrived at New York with Gen. Henry Clinton on 1 Aug. 1776 after taking part in Clinton’s unsuccessful Charleston expedition. Given command of the British grenadier brigade, Vaughan fought at the Battle of Long Island on 27 Aug., and at Kip’s Bay on 15 Sept., he was wounded slightly in the thigh while leading the grenadiers up Murray Hill. He soon recovered from that injury, and on 22 Oct. he rejoined Howe’s army in Westchester County (see Kemble Papers description begins [Stephen Kemble]. The Kemble Papers. 2 vols. New York, 1884-85. In Collections of the New-York Historical Society, vols. 16–17. description ends , 1:83, 88, 351; Mackenzie, Diary description begins Diary of Frederick Mackenzie Giving a Daily Narrative of His Military Service as an Officer of the Regiment of Royal Welch Fusiliers during the Years 1775–1781 in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. 2 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1930. description ends , 1:48, 84; and William Howe to George Germain, 21 Sept., in Davies, Documents of the American Revolution description begins K. G. Davies, ed. Documents of the American Revolution, 1770–1783; (Colonial Office Series). 21 vols. Shannon and Dublin, 1972–81. description ends , 12:227–29). Vaughan participated in the attack on Fort Washington on 16 Nov., and on 21 Nov., he was sent with the British grenadiers and light infantry to New Bridge on the Hackensack River (see Howe to Germain, 30 Nov., ibid., 258–64).

Although Vaughan expressed a desire to return to England at the end of this year, he remained in America (see Howe to Germain, 20 Dec. 1776, ibid., 266–68, and 5 Jan. 1777, ibid., 14:27–28; and Kemble Papers description begins [Stephen Kemble]. The Kemble Papers. 2 vols. New York, 1884-85. In Collections of the New-York Historical Society, vols. 16–17. description ends , 1:106, 183). During the first half of 1777 Vaughan commanded a corps in New Jersey. He took command of the post at King’s Bridge in July 1777 (see ibid., 124, 461), and in October 1777 he led an expeditionary force that captured Fort Clinton in the Hudson highlands and burned Esopus, N.Y. (see Henry Clinton to William Howe, 9 Oct. 1777, in Davies, Documents of the American Revolution description begins K. G. Davies, ed. Documents of the American Revolution, 1770–1783; (Colonial Office Series). 21 vols. Shannon and Dublin, 1972–81. description ends , 14:197–99, and Vaughan to Henry Clinton, 26 Oct. 1777, ibid., 246–47). In June 1779 Vaughan captured Fort Lafayette at Verplanck’s Point across the Hudson from Stony Point. Two months later he sailed to England, and in December 1779 he was appointed commander in chief of the British army in the West Indies. Vaughan arrived at Barbados in February 1780, and a year later he captured the Dutch island of St. Eustatius. He returned to England from the West Indies in August 1781.