Such (VII., 249)-Under the head of Insubordination, it is stated that during the Revolt in the Pennsylvania Line these troops left their camp and marched in an orderly manner direct to the doors of Congress, then in session at Philadelphia, and demanded redress in person. was not the case, as will be seen by reference to the History of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolution, where a Diary of the Revolt is given. Historians, as a general thing, also lose sight of the fact that the causes which led to the revolt were the failure to provide for the pay and necessities of the troops and the misconstruction of the terms of the enlistment, which were for "three years or during the war." It may not be generally known, but it is a significant coincidence that during the War for the Union a somewhat similar interpretation came very nigh causing trouble. WILLIAM H. EGLE DISPOSITION AND ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE ALLIED ARMIES (VII. 267)-In the table given by Professor Asa Bird Gardner, there are errors which it is proper to correct. Brigadier-General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was then from Virginia. Pennsylvania has never claimed the services of that gallant officer during the Revolution, and by reference to the History of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolution, General Muhlenberg's name does not appear, save in the account of battles or in the orderly books. It is true that, a native of Pennsylvania, after the peace he returned to that State, and was elected Vice-President thereof. It is true that the commissioners empowered to select subjects for statuary to represent Pennsylvania at the National Capital chose as one subject General Muhlenberg, when either Wayne or Mifflin should have been selected, for the State has the credit for their services in the Revolution, while Virginia has those of General Muhlenberg. The composition of the commissioners, a majority of whom were related to the Muhlenbergs, accounts for their decision. Now, as to the officers in command of the battalions of Pennsylvanians at Yorktown, Major Gardner 'has taken the "arrangement of January 1, 1781" as his guide. This is wrong, because it does. not give credit to the officers who were really in command of the Pennsylvania troops at that siege. The six regiments (after the revolt) were recruiting at Easton, Downington, Lebanon, Carlisle, and General Wayne's movement requiring haste, detachments were made of all the soldiers recruited and of officers belonging to the six regiments, and hurried off to York, Pennsylvania. Those of the First and Second were thrown into one battalion, which was commanded by Colonel Walter Stewart, of the Second Regiment; those of the Third and Fifth into one battalion, commanded by Colonel Richard Butler, of the Fifth Regiment; and those of the Fourth and Sixth into a battalion, commanded by Colonel Richard Hampton. The lieutenant-colonels were Thomas Robinson, of the First, and Josiah Harmar, of the Third. The majors were James Hamilton, of the Second; William Alexander, of the Third; Evan Edwards, of the Fourth, and Thomas L. Moore, of the Fifth. The balance of the line, under Colonel Thomas Craig, did not reach Yorktown until the day on the surrender. Major James Parr, of the Seventh Pennsylvania, was in command of a corps of riflemen enlisted for the occasion, with the main army under Washington. He commanded in the advance at Yorktown, while Major James R. Reid, of York County, Pennsylvania, of Hazen's regiment, had command of the rear-guard of the main (American) army during the siege. W. H. E. SPRINGETTSBURY MANOR, PA. [VII. 229, 374.]-In the last sentence of my reply to the query of J. B. B., in regard to the location of Springettsbury Manor, I wrote: "It was granted to Springett Penn in 1722, and contained 64,520 acres." Springett Penn was the grandson and heir of William Penn; but the com positor, who had probably never heard of him, supposed the surname was an abbreviation of Pennsylvania, and printed thus: "It was granted to Springett, Pa., in 1722, and contained 64,520 acres." Alleghany, Pa. ISAAC CRAIG JUDGE WILLIAM SMITH AND CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM SMITH [VI. 264, 418] -Corrections and Addenda. April Number, 1881-The engraved etching of Judge Smith is from a life-size portrait by John Wollaston, 1751, not from a miniature. Wollaston's works are rare; the best known is that of Martha Washington at Arlington. Judge Smith's portrait was taken to Canada immediately after the revolution; it is now returned to New York, and is in the possession of the writer. 66 Page 271, line 1-Strike out the word 'England" and read Connecticut. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, the widow of Colonel (at some time Rector of Yale College, member of the Legislature, and a Judge) Elisha Williams, of Connecticut, died June 13, 1776, at the house of Sheriff Williams, at Wethersfield, Conn. Some account of her may be found in Nathaniel Goodwin's Genealogical, &c., Notes of the first families of Conn. and Mass. ; and also in the Williams Genealogy, printed 1847. Her portrait is still in existence. Page 278-The New York Commercial Advertiser of February 14, 1812, furnishes the exact date of the death of Dr. James Smith, viz., February 12, 1812. Page 282, line 8, second columnStrike out the single quotation mark. June Number, 1881-Page 430, line 14 Dr. Mallet married a niece of Mrs. Smith, see p. 276. Page 430, line 15-Strike out the word "son" and read brother-in-law, see p. 178. Page 439, line 28-Strike out the word Susanna and read " "Jennet." MATURIN L. DELAFIELD Fieldston, 1881. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR ANDRÉ Winthrop Sargent published Memoirs of Major John André, 12mo, Boston, Ticknor & Fields, 1861. Sargent died in Paris, May 18, 1870 (Drake's Dict. of Am. Biog., Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc., 1869-70, 322, 324). The year following his death, a new edition of his book appeared, "published by those who knew him best," as his memorial, Life of André, cr. 8vo, New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1871, illus. with portraits of the author and André. This latter edition is simply a reprint, not a revised copy, of the first. Mr. Sargent was an elegant and accomplished man, and his interesting book contains valuable matter relating to nearly the whole Revolutionary contest, though he displayed the usual weakness of biographers, in taking too favorable a view of his hero. The Sargent papers are in the possession of William Butler Duncan, of New York. In preparing the book, every repository that could be heard of was examined, and libraries and State Paper offices, both here and in Europe, were ransacked to supply material. Previous to the publication of this book, the most complete account of the André and Arnold affair was that in Jared Sparks' Life and Treason of Arnold, 16m0, 1835, forming vol. iii. of the Lib. of Am. Biog. It is illustrated with a fac-simile of Andre's sketch of himself, specimens of handwriting, and a map. The book is styled by Lord Mahon "careful and judicious." The papers used by Sparks in writing it are in the library of Harvard College; his printed books are at Cornell University. Sparks, in gathering material for it, wrote, in 1833 (through Josiah Quincy), to Col. Benj. Tallmadge for information. The letters which passed between them are in the possession of Mary E. Norwood, of N. Y. They are printed in the Mag. of Am. Hist. for Dec., 1879, pp. 247-256. General Accounts-Bancroft, x. 395, followed "only contemporary documents, which are abundant and of the surest character, and which, taken collectively, solve every question." Irving, Life of Wash., iv., compiled his account from the ordinary printed sources, except that he made use of the MSS. of Col. Benj. Tallmadge, then in the possession of Tallmadge's daughter, Mrs. J. P. Cushman, of Troy, N. Y. He mentions having talked with Com. Hiram Paulding, a son of the captor, in regard to his father, and also with a woman (probably one of the Romer family, of Tarrytown), who remembered seeing André the day he was taken. Irving, although he had considerable local knowledge of the scene of the capture, made no use of it in relating the story. He had travelled in Spain with one of the Sneyd family (Irving's Life, ii.). Hildreth, iii., ch. 41, gives an outline. Lossing, Field-Book of the Rev., i., ch. 30, 31, and 32, gives an account which contains much local detail, and is illustrated with numerous wood-cuts. The same author's book, the Hudson from the Wilderness to the Sea, 4to, New York, 1866, gives a general account, with wood-cut illustrations. Isaac N. Arnold, Life of Benedict Arnold, 12m0, Chicago, 1880, gives an account in which he endeavors to show the incentives to Arnold's treason. Dunlap's Hist. of New York, ii., ch. 13. Marshall's Washington, iv. 274. Hamilton's Life of Alex. Hamilton, i. 262. Elihu G. Holland's Highland Treason, in his Essays. J. T. Headley's Washington and his Generals. Freeman Hunt's Letters about the Hudson, 1836, contains some traditional gossip that lacks verification. Leake's Life of Genl. John Lamb. Greene's Life of Genl. Greene, ii. 227. Cooper's Travelling Bachelor gives particulars "which," says Sargent, "are valuable from the authorities which supplied them. He heard not only Lafayette's recollections declared, forty-five years later, on the very ground, but also had Arnold's own statement from a British officer who was present at a dinner given in New York, when Arnold related his escape with an impudence that was scarcely less remarkable than his surprising self-possession." Genl. Hull's Revolutionary Services on André and Nathan Hale. Quincy's Life of Maj. Samuel Shaw, 8vo, p. 77. Harper's Magazine, iii. and xxiii. Andréana, 8vo, 1865, contains the trial and other material relating to the subject. The Pictorial History of England gives an account from the British tory point of view. The exponent of this class, however, is Lord Mahon, of whom more hereafter. Dr. T. A. Emmet, of N. Y., has an enlarged copy of Sargent's André and the Andréana, the two 12mo volumes being extended to seven volumes thick 8vo by the insertion of a large number of autograph letters, portraits, maps, views of places, etc. This unique work forms the basis of an illustrated article by Lossing in Harper's Magazine for May, 1876. Hist. Mag., Aug., 1859; Aug., 1863; Supplement of 1866; and Dec., 1870. Niles's Register, xx. Southern Literary Messenger, xi. Nat. Quarterly Review, Dec., 1862. Barbe Marbois, the French Secretary of Legation to the United States during the Revolution, published Complot d'Arnold et Sir II. Clinton, contre les Etats Unis d'Amérique et contre Le Général Washington, 8vo, Paris, 1816. A translation of it is in Walsh's Am. Register, ii., 1817. Cf. Mem. Hist. Soc. Penna., vi. 329, and Sargent's André, 266, for various opinions in regard to Marbois. Prof. G. W. Greene says the book "is neither so accurate nor so complete as might have been expected." Marbois's version of a letter found among Arnold's papers, and supposed by Sargent to be written by Robinson, is retranslated by Sargent, App. i. Boynton's Hist. of West Point, Svo, N. Y., 1863, points out the military importance of that post, and gives a general account. English Comment-Chambers's Encyclopædia, Edin., 1859, art. "André," pronounces him to be "a spy of the worst sort," and refers to the 2d vol. of the Biog. Dict. of the Soc. for the Diff. of Useful Knowledge. Adolphus (Hist. of Eng., iii., ch. 39) takes an "adverse view of the American grounds." A brief account of the matter is given by Lord Mahon (afterward Earl Stanhope) in his Hist. of Eng., vol. 7, London, 1854, in which he designates André's execution as "the greatest and perhaps the only blot" in Washington's career. This assertion was answered by Maj. Charles J. Biddle in an elaborate monograph, covering ninety-seven pages of the 6th vol. of the Mem. of the Hist. Society of Penna. ("Contributions to Am. Hist."), Svo, Phil., 1658. In this is a very full statement of the case in its relations to military law. Earl Stanhope also has an article on "Washington and André," in his Miscellanies (2d series), Lond., 1872. In this he states that he held a correspondence on the subject of Miss Seward's statements with Geo. Ticknor, the historian, which led to the searching, by the latter, of Col. Humphreys' papers, then (1855) in the possession of Mr. D. G. Olmstead, of N. Y. (see Potter's Am. Monthly for Aug., 1876). Historical Mag. (N. Y.) for July, 1857. Massey (Hist. of Eng., iii., ch. 25) exonerates Washington. Most of the British opinions on the subject are examined by Biddle and Sargent. A British estimate from the Saturday Review, 1872, is in Sabin's Am. Bibliopolist, Oct., 1872. Cf. with Moore's Diary of the Am. Rev., ii. 393, where is given the contemporary British view. Jones's New York in the Rev. War, i., ch. 18, judges Arnold to have played "a noble and virtuous part." Stedman (Chas.), Hist. of the Am. War, Lond., 1794 (this book, according to Lowndes, was written by Wm. Thomson, LL.D.). The copy in the library of the late Jno. Carter Brown, at Providence, R. I., belonged to Sir Henry Clinton himself, and contains his MS. account of the André affair. This is printed in Sargent, pp. 415-419; in the N. Y. Tribune, May 24, 1875; and in Jones's New York in the Rev. War, i., 737. A section of it is wanting in that given by Mahon, Hist. of Eng., vii. (rep. in Mem. Hist. Soc. Penna., vi. 413-416). Clinton's Observations. on Stedman's History, Lond., 1794, was privately reprinted in New York in 1864. Comments on André's case are in the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, i. 104; the Journal of Lieut. Mathew (this Journal was communicated to Thos. Balch, of Phila., and published in the Hist. Mag. of Boston, i., No. 4. 102); Mackinnon's Origin and Services of the Coldstream Guards, ii., 9; The London Critic and Literary Journal, Aug. 15, 1857; extract from the London Daily News, quoted in Mem. Hist. Soc. Penna., vi. 388; Hinton's Hist, and Topographical Hist. of the U. S.; Geographical, Commercial and Philosophical View of the Situation of the U. S., Lond., 1794, by the Rev. W. Winterbotham; E. T. Coke's Travels; the Gentleman's Magazine, Jan., 1855; the N. A. Review, Jan., 1855; Chalmers's Biog. Dict., art. "Washington;" Pictorial Hist. of the Reign of George III., i. 434; The London General Evening Post, Nov. 14, 1780; Miss Seward's Dedication to Sir Henry Clinton of a Monody on Major André. For a summing up of British comment on the subject cf. Mem. Hist. Soc. Penna., vi., pp. 319-416, and Sargent's André, ch. 21 and 22. The Case of Major Andre-In the Brown library, at Providence, R. I., is a book bearing the title, "The Case of Major John André, Adjutant-General to the British Army, Who was put to Death by the Rebels, October 2, 1780, Candidly Represented : With Remarks on the Said Case. 'If there were no other Brand upon this odious and accursed Civil War, than that Single Loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all Posterity.'-Lord Clarendon." New York: Rivington, 1780. 4to, pp. 27. It was probably never published, for this copy, the only one known to exist, |