[1776] attend to Buisness of Such Small
Consequence, but upon Agt
Genl Gates
Promise of my having a Commiss=
-ion if I would follow the Army
I concluded to do it if I had the
advice of Coln Baily, I therefor
return'd & asked
Coln Baily,
who
advised me if I had an inclination
to go & Said he made no doubt but
that I should be as well used as if
Time had permitted the Genl to
have given me a Commission,
I therefore concluded to follow the
next Morning; & to Spend the Even=
ing in wrighting to acquaint my
Friends of my new undertaking,
which I accordingly did, & the next
morning the
2d of April [1776]
Sat out
to overtake the Regt, which I
affe-
-cted that after Noon -- I found
Capt Allen to
whose Company I
belonged to be a very agreable
Com-
-panion & his Company a civil
Set of People, as I was entirely un-
acquainted with any Person in the
Company I had previously enquired
of my Friends as to their Charac-