Chapter 309

affectionate letter of, to Washington, at Cambridge, i. 597; powers granted to, by the second continental Congress, i. 610; ordered to take possession of St. John and Montreal--command of the northern army taken by, i. 654; alarming letters received by, from Tryon county, i. 655: letter of, to Washington, in relation to affairs at Ticonderoga--return of troops in the colony of New York made by (_note_), i. 656; letter of sympathy of Washington to, describing affairs in the camp at Cambridge, i. 657; determination of, to invade Canada--efforts of, to secure the neutrality of the Six Nations, i. 661; letter of Washington to, in relation to the invasion of Canada, i. 662; address to the people of Canada issued by, from Isle aux Noix, i. 665; movements of, against St. John, i. 667; sickness of, on his expedition against St. John, i. 668, 669; his commendation of Montgomery to the continental Congress, i. 668; Major Brown and Colonel Ethan Allen sent into Canada by--compelled by sickness to give up his command to Montgomery, i. 669; letter of, to Washington, in relation to the insubordination of troops,