WILLIAM HOWE

An officer in Howe's army told me they executed ONLY two men in the last year. Their discipline prevents crimes. OUR WANT of it creates them. We have had 20 executions in the last year, & our army is not a bit the better for them. If Howe should lie still, desertions, sickness, accidental deaths & executions would waste our whole army in one year.

There is the utmost order & contentment in their [the British] hospitals. The wounded whom we brought off from the field were not half so well treated as those whom we left in General Howe's hands. Our Officers and Soldiers spoke with gratitude and affection of their Surgeons. An orderly man was allotted to every ten of our wounded, and British Officers called every morning upon our officers to know whether their Surgeons did their duty.

The success is too dearly bought.

It is desirable to put a stop to se ruinous Extremities, as well for the sake of our Country, yours—when an American falls, England feels it —Is there way of treading back this Step of Independency, and opening the door to a full discussion?

The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month.

It is desirable to put a stop to se ruinous Extremities, as well for the sake of our Country, yours—when an American falls, England feels it —Is there way of treading back this Step of Independency, and opening the door to a full discussion?

The success is too dearly bought.

The rebels did more in one night than my whole army would have done in one month.