his first object in gaining possession of Philadelphia, he had still
many new difficulties and dangers to encounter at the hands of his
daring and persevering opponent before he could comfortably establish
himself in winter quarters.

1. Footnote: About this time the Royalists in the counties of Somerset
and Worcester, in the province of Maryland, became so formidable that
an insurrection was dreaded. And it was feared that the insurgents
would, in such a case, be joined by a number of disaffected persons in
the county of Sussex, in the Delaware State. Congress, to prevent this
evil, recommended the apprehension and removal of all persons of
influence, or of desperate characters, within the counties of Sussex,
Worcester, and Somerset, who manifested a disaffection to the American
cause, to some remote place within their respective States, there to be
secured. From appearances, Congress had also reason to believe that the
Loyalists in the New England governments and New York State, had
likewise concerted an insurrection. See Gordon's "History of the
American Revolution," vol. II, pp. 461, 462. By the same authority we
are informed that General Gates wrote to General Fellowes for a strong
military force, for the prevention of plots and insurrection in the
provinces of New England and New York.

2. Footnote: Congress voted a monument to his memory.

3. Footnote: Stedman, the British historian of the Revolution,
acknowledges a loss of 200, including 10 officers.

4. Footnote: Lieutenant-Colonel Palfrey, formerly an aide-de-camp to
General Washington, and now paymaster-general, wrote to his friend: "I
was at Brunswick just after the enemy had left it. Never let the