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164 American Revolution*

called after the name of TIjo?nas,^ one of the pnnces oi the provinces.

2. There wds alfo another firong holdf about four furlongs from the former, and it was built on a portion of ground that apper- tained unto james, he was an honorable man, and he had feveral fons and daughters; and his fons were men of renown and beloved of the people; they dwelt in the province of Jer- fey, and the hold was nigh unto the river.

3. Now the people of the provinces had laid impediments in the way of the tlips of the king of Britain, fo that they could not gQt to the city; and the hoft of Britain were fore troubled becaufe of ihefe things.

4. And the vidtuals and all the implements for war that were wanted in the hofl, they brought in carriages- to the city, and the charge thereof was great, and the arrival of the carriages uncertain.

5. Then the chief captain of the navy of


 * Fort^lifflin; en MiicMfland f?i.ed Bank.