Note 645 — Chapter II · (continued 2)

Wooster's share in the campaign was not a happy one. "His defect was his age", says C. F. Adams. "Few of the brave officers in the French war sustained their reputation in the revolutionary struggle" (Life and Works of John Adams, iii. 44). Lossing's Schuyler and Hollister's Connecticut have somewhat opposing sympathies respecting Wooster's character. Cf. much in 4 Force's Archives, iv., v., vi., and 5 Ibid., i. The opinion upon Wooster of the Commissioners to Congress is shown in their letter of May 27th (Force's Archives, vi. 589). There is a letter of Wooster from Montreal, Feb. 11, 1776, addressed to Roger Sherman, in Letters and Papers, 1761-1776 (MSS. in Mass. Hist. Soc., p. 167). In this he speaks of his disagreements with Schuyler, and says that his persuasion had prevented Montgomery from resigning.