Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Authentic Narrative of the Causes Which Led to the Death of Major Andrè, Adjutant-General of His Majesty's Forces in North America
Upon the reduction of Fort Montgomery, the royal force proceeded up the Hudson, to the vicin ity of Albany, carrying fire and devastation before them. On both sides of the river the shores were undefended by mountains, opening to an extensive champaign country, well inhabited by substantial farmers, of whom two thirds were unfriendly to the dismemberment of the empire by the measure of independence of G1 eat-britain.
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