Craft Masonry in Albany County, New York - Onondaga and Oswego ...

our fleet was in a Shatterd Condition. About 3 o'clock our Schooner came in Sight, Soon after a Sloop & then a nother Schooner, &
then the Row Galley & after a gundalow, & they were followed by the Inhabitants from Crown point & from Panton, they were
followed by Col. Hartlys Regt., part by warter & part by land, bringing all the Horses, Cattle & So forth. at Sunset the Enemys fleet,
13 Sail anchord off about four miles from Crown point & made Signal for landing. all the boats came up in order to take the men in to
the boats, when the last accounts left Crown point. all the buildings at & about Crown point were burnt by our people. Some of the
Inhabitants ran Some 5, Some 7 or 8 Miles in the woods with women & Children in the greatest distress, leaving all there Housel
stough, Cloathing &c to the enemy, or to the flames. a Mellancholly Sight that was Seen at Ticonderoga, but we may Expect a more
Mallancholly Seen to morrow or Soon. God prepair us for it & grant us a Compleat Victory over our Enemy
Octobr ye 12 & 13 our fleet Destroyed, only 5 out of 16. Returnd.
14 mounting all the Cannon we had Carriages for & all the Carpenters & Smiths making New ones, our men repairing the works &
making preparation to receive the Enemy. at Evning a Flag Came from Crown point with Genl. Waterbury & 106 prison, they are on
there paroll not to take up arms in the presant dispute, & to return when Calld. for. the Enemy had not landed when Genl. Waterbury
came away at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Hay went for Albany with ye Baggage.
15 this Day we heard nothing from the Enemy. Capt. Rew 106 came in through the woods with 16 men, they left Genl. Waterbury Just
before he Struck. went into a battoe & went on Shore.
16 I Breakfasted with Genl. Bricket. one of our Spies came in from Crown point & Says that the Enemy were incampt. in Col.
Hartleys fort & on Chimney point, about 100 tents in all & at Sunset the Enemy were landing & pitching there tents & yt he Saw a
large party go out on the East Side of the Lake. he was informed that they were going up Otter Creek & to Skeensborough & Carlton
said he would be in possession of Ticonderoga before Sunday & on his way to Albany where he was to have his Winter Quarters.
Our Men work with life & Spirits this Day which shows a determined resolution to defend the place to the Last Extr. the habitants of
the lake went of to Skeensboro 97 in No. we had 15 Tons of powder came into camp this Day & a Quantity of Lead.
17 Mounting Cannon, Making Carriages &c. Begun to make a log across the Lake or Chain to prevent the Shiping coming past the
Jarsey Redoubt. it raind. Commissioner cam to this place from Congress.
18 a Very Rainey uncomfortable wet Day, I visited all the works & Redoubts & cut down part of the great bridge.
19 went to mount Hope & to the Mills. Dind with Genl. Gates &c afternoon went to Independant point, we cleard all our Guns Small
arms & Cannon, Just at Sunset.
20 took the distance acrosst the Lake from the Jersey Battery & at ye point. Dind with Genl. Bricket & Mr. E Hitchcock, was out at ye
Several works. Supt. with Genl. Gates, proposed making a bridge a cross to Independant Point it was aprovd. of by the Genl.
21 I visited all the Several works on this Side both in the forenoon & afternoon. in the forenoon 3 Indians that was taken with Genl.
Waterbury came in, they say that 5 tribes of Indians are with the Canadian army & are many. the 3 Stockbridge Indians left the
others at Putnams Creek Last night. this evning, sone an hour high, 14 of the Enemies burch canoes came in Sight of 3 Mile point,
that allarremed the army on this side. the Commissioners Set out for home. I sent 300 Dollars by Mr. John Taylor, D. Commissary,
to Elisha Avery Esqr. Commissary Genl. for to be Sent to Mrs. Lucy Baldwin at Brookfield.
22 Dind. with Genl. Gates, one Man killd. & 2 taken by the Indians between the Mills & the landing. began to put ye Boom togeather.
23 it is remarkable the wind has been in the South, so that the Enemy could not come with there Vessels from Crown Point Since
they came there to fight us at this place.
24 nothing material hapined this Day.
25 finish the boom acrosst & building a Bridge.
26 the 2 prisoners taken ye 22 came in from Genl. Carlton. Capt. Ayres came in with 70 Malitia
27 nothing material has happined this Day, only hear of great Success at New York.
28 This morning I visited the workmen as Usual and came in to breakfast about 8, while I was at breakfast the alaram Guns was
fired, about 9 o'clock 4 boats hove in sight at 3 mile point, one of the boats of the enemy Sounded the Channel within a Mile of our
Battery. at 11 o'c. we gave them a flew Shot made them Hall of again, about 17 boats Rowd. about in sight till Sun an hour high &
then they all went of. 3 Regts came over from Independant point, the 2 Regts at the Mills & at the landing was orderd. in, but soon
after were Counter orderd.
29 all was clear no appearance of the Enemy, finished the bridge across the Lake to Independant point so that men could pass.
30 all was in peace, Capt. Dow & Mr. Adams dind. with me. Visited my workmen as Usual.
31 nothing material happined. I dind with Col. Hartly, Col. Waine, Dr. Canada 107 & Dr. Johnson. 108
Novr. 1 Col. Daton 109 came in with his Regt. & a Deserter from Crown Point, & says that Carltons Army consisted of 10,000 besides
800 Canadians & Indians & that they were determind to drive us from Ticonderoga & that we might expet them to make a Vegerous
push Very soon; our men were orderd to have 3 Days provision ready Cooked and to ly on there arms ready.
2 The Comtt from Congress came in. The Comtt from Mass States came in. I went round all the works with the Comtts & Genl.
Officers this Day.
3 Drawing plans for the Continental States to send by the Comtt. this Evning a Scout came in & Reported that the Army had left
Crown point, they went on bord the fleet yesterday about 11 o'clock, one Ship & a fiew others, boats, were in Sight.
4 this Day a Confirmation was brought in that the Enemy had left Crown Point.
5 nothing material this Day. fair weather.
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