Excerpt from The History of the American Revolution, Vol. 2 of 2 It was matter of afionifhment, that the Britifh fufiered the dangerous interval between the difbanding of onear my, and the 1aifing of anothet, to pafs away withom at tempting fomethings ofconfequence again& the remaining fhadowlof an armed force. Hitherto there had been a deficiency of arms and ammunition, as well as of men, but 1n the fpring of 1777, a vefi'el of 24 guns arrived from Ftance at 1n New Hampiire, with upwards of 1 fiand of arms, and 1000 barrels of powder. Ten thoufand {land of arms arrived about the fame time, in another pat't of the United States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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