[March 1776, cont.] so small a Quantity that their
com=
=mon allowance would consume it
all in less than three Weeks, this
account I had from a Friend of mine
who tarried in
Boston during the
whole Siege, who was well acquai=
-nted with their Scituation,
& on
whose veracity I think I can Safely
rely. in this miserable Scituation
they left the Town & hauled of to
Nan-
tascet where I shall, for the present,
leave them --- These Tories which
remained were Soon apprehended
& what fate they will receive from
the Hands of their injured Countrymen
(for I can't call them Brethren) must
be left by me undetermin'd as yet.
The Fatiegues &
Hardships
that were underwent, by that part
of the Army which were Stationed
at
Roxbury, durin from the time
of our first building upon the Hill
tho not eaqual to the
Hardships which
many of this Profession have endured,
yet I think I may Safely pronoun [ce]
them hard - When we first arrived
upon the Hills as I before observed we
[ha ]d no cover from the Weather but
App [le]