15 Text as printed by Mr. Reed. good work they begun in the summer — — with sincere regard and affection — What did or could prompt the Knight to this expedition is beyond the reach of my conception, considering the unseasonableness of it. — not conceiving that he could miss it so much in point of intelligence as to mistime matters so egregiously, if either of the other two was his object — — could not help being uneasy lest some disaster might befall them — — posted back from Elizabethtown on the morning of the 5th, and got within twelve or fifteen miles of King’s Ferry, when I was met by an express informing me that the enemy had landed at that place, set fire to two small log’d houses, destroyed nine barrels of spoiled herrings, and had set sail for New York. Text of the Letter-Books. good work they began in the summer — — with sincere esteem and affection — December 12th, 1778. What did or could prompt the Knight to this expedition, I am at a loss to discover, considering the unseasonableness of it. — not conceiving that he could be so much out in point of intelligence as to mistime matters so egregiously, if either of the two first was his object — — could not help being uneasy lest disaster might happen — — posted back from Elizabethtown at four o’clock on the morning of the 5 th, and got within twelve or fifteen miles of King’s Ferry, when I was met by an express informing me that the enemy had landed at that place, burned two or three logged houses with nine barrels, of spoilt herrings, and had reembarked and sailed for New York again * * In connection with this passage Mr. Reed observes, that “ Mr. Sparks in his first pamphlet expresses some doubt as to the accuracy of
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