Philip Conine Jr to Leonard Bronck
Ticonderoga May 28th 1776
Dear Cousin,
Sir I write this Letter to you to hear from you whether you are Dead
or not I sent you Now four Letters after Another and Never Received
one yet from You I hope you will be kind Enough to send me a Letter
Back at the Receiving of this Sir I have to Acquaint you with
some Sad News from Canada, I suppose You have heard there was Sent a
Regiment to a place calld. the Ceders which we hear from there are Entirely
Cut of and taken prisoners Afterward the(y) sent a major to Assit
them with a Number of men Not knowing that the Regiment was Cut off
and the(y) are also taken and kilt By the Regulars and Indians We
further hear that General Arnold has took from the Tories what the(y)
designed to send to the Regulars there at the Ceders which is as we
hear One hundred and twenty six Barrels of Rum, and a great many Other
things and some powser and Bawls which I Cant give an Exact Number of Our
army has possession yet of the point shembow wich is forty miles on
this side of Queback and we are In hopesthat we shall keep a stand there
which was thought impossible by the most of Gentleman The(y)have made
all the fortifications that Ever the(y) could at the River St. Cl. But
we hear that General Thomas is gone Down to the point shambow again
with Chief of the army to fortify that place General Sullivan Saild.
from here yesterday with his Brigade for Montreal No more as that
I am In good health Hoping to hear the same from you and all good Friends
to the Cause Be kind Enough to Give my Compliments to your father
and mother and all my Loving friends and to all the Ladys at Coxsackie
that wishes us well here
I am Sir Your Most Loving Cousin
Philip Conine
To Mr. Leonard Bronck
NB. our Regiment is partly Stationed at Fort George But our Company is at This place and partly at Crown Point When you send me a Letter Direct to Ticonderoga for I suppse we shall stay here yet some time
published source: Beecher, Raymond (Ed.): Letters from a Revolution, 1775-1783: A Selection From the Bronck Family Ppaers At the Greene County Historical Society. The NYS American Revolution Bicentennial Commision; Albany (NY), 1973, pp. 14-15.