Hartford, 13 January, 1777.
The riding has been so hard and rough, and the weather so cold, that we
have not been able to push farther than this place. My little colt has
performed very well hitherto, and I think will carry me through this
journey very pleasantly.
Our spirits have been cheered by two or three pieces of good news, which
Commissary Trumbull, who is now with me, tells us he saw yesterday in a
letter from General Washington, who has gained another considerable
advantage of the enemy at Stony Brook, in the Jerseys, as General Putnam
has gained another at Burlington, and the Jersey militia a third. The
particulars you will have, before this reaches you, in the public
prints. The communication of intelligence begins to be more open, and we
have no apprehensions of danger in the route we shall take. Howe has
reason to repent of his rashness, and will have more.
My love to my dear little ones. They are all very good children, and I
have no doubt will continue so. I will drop a line as often as I can.
Adieu.