Address of sundry Officers at Crown Point

Address

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Crown Point, August 1, 1775.

To the Honourable PHILIP SCHUYLER, Esquire, Major-General and Commander-in-Chief of the forces of the UNITED COLONIES on the Northern Department, and the Honourable JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esquire, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of CONNECTICUT, and Governour of the same:

HONOURED SIRS: Whereas, Jeremiah Halsey, Esquire, was, by Benjamin Hinman, Esquire, when Commander-in-Chief on the Northern Department, appointed and commissioned to be Commodore of all the armed vessels and crafts on the Northern Lakes, viz: Lakes Champlain, George, &c˙, and we, the subscribers, hereby certify, since the said Halsey' s appointment he hath behaved with the utmost prudence and good conduct; hath maintained the character of an honourable commander; faithfully discharged the duties of said office of commander of the said lakes; and is, in our opinion, a man of fortitude and resolution, and possessed of every qualification necessary for the seaman or soldier, and well understands the business of an officer, either by sea or land; and we would, therefore, desire your Honours, as the said Halsey is superseded in the command of the said vessels, by the Province of New-York appointing a man to said office, either to discharge the said Halsey honourably from the service of the United Colonies, or appoint him to an office in said service agreeable to his merits; which is the desire of your Honours' most obedient and humble servants,

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