Henry Jackson To Henry Knox Discussing The Continental Evacuation Of Ticonderoga 14 July 1777

Discusses the Continental evacuation of Ticonderoga: My God, what a Stroke we have met with in Loss of Ticonderoga- after all the trouble, pains, & expense the Continent has been at in Fortifyg [sic] that Post, to think we should be obliged to give it up without fire'g a gun- is too much... Predicts that because of the loss, there will be nothing but Scalp'g & [Butcher'g] our back settlements... Reports on the capture of The Fox, a British ship. Mentions the capture of British General Richard Prescott, and hopes for the exchange of Prescott for General [Charles] Lee.