1. The diary entry for 21 July of a British officer stationed in New York City reads: “The Greyhound Frigate, Captain Dixon, arrived from England, having sailed the 4th of June & brought over Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallis & his Suite—Brigadier General Patterson, Lieutenant Colonel Stewart & other Officers” (Ritchie, “New York Diary,” description begins Carson I. A. Ritchie, ed. “A New York Diary [British army officer’s journal] of the Revolutionary War.” New-York Historical Society Quarterly 50 (1966): 221–80, 401–46. description ends 429).

Gen. Henry Clinton had not been at his army’s encampment at Philipse Manor, N.Y., since 26 July when he had left for New York City (Lydenberg, Robertson Diaries, description begins Harry Miller Lydenberg, ed. Archibald Robertson, Lieutenant-General Royal Engineers: His Diaries and Sketches in America, 1762–1780. New York, 1930. description ends 201). On 31 July, British officer Archibald Robertson wrote in his journal: “at Day break all the Army march’d within and near to Kingsbridge, Light Troops with out the Redouts … found the General had gone with Lord Cornwallis to Visit King’s Ferry.” Robertson reported that Clinton returned to New York on 2 Aug. (Lydenberg, Robertson Diaries, description begins Harry Miller Lydenberg, ed. Archibald Robertson, Lieutenant-General Royal Engineers: His Diaries and Sketches in America, 1762–1780. New York, 1930. description ends 201).

British commodore George Collier’s squadron departed Sandy Hook, N.J., on 3 Aug. (see GW to Massachusetts Council, 3 Aug., n.3).