Note 924 — Chapter V · (continued 2)

Cf. No. Amer. Rev., April, 1825, p. 381; Oct., 1826, p. 414; National Intelligencer, Dec. 5, 1826, and Jan. 27, Feb. 24, 1827. Cf. Hazard's Register, i. 49. On the 21st November, 1777, James Lovell at York expressed the discontent with Washington in a letter to Joseph Whipple at Portsmouth. He complained that the naval force at Fort Mifflin was not properly seconded by the land force; and adds: "I have reason to think the battle of Germantown was the day of salvation offered by Heaven to us, and that such another is not to be looked for in ten campaigns."