[May 12, 1776, cont.] weakness arising from
following my
last nights Frolick that I & partly
with a Number of troublesome Boils
that had now taken possession of my
Body that I can give no Acct of the
Service-- In the Afternoon our people
were employed in fixing their Tents.
13 [May 1776] Monday Our
People removed into
their Tents & I took Boarding with
Mrs March on Slip, being
So troubled with 5 Boils that I could
Scarcely walk---
14 [May 1776] Continued
very Ill a small Fever
Seting in took all my Apetite for food
away. this with the Anguish of the
Sore Boils braught me So weak that
I could not Sit up 1/2 the Day--
Had disagreeable news from
Quebeck
that the Enemy had made a Sally
being impowered thereto by
reinforce-
-ments that arived on the
4th of May [1776],
& that not
more than 200 of our Men being
to oppose them they had taken the
Hospital with 200 Sick almost the
whole of the Artilery &
Amunition
with all the Provisions, if this is true
there is great Blame for the General as our
Army consisted of about 7500 Men.