The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser, February 22, 1780, printed and sold by John Dunlap. Extract of a letter from General Sir Henry Clinton to Lord George Germaine, dated Head-Quarters, Dobb’s Ferry, July 25, 1779, concerning taking possession of Verplanks and Stoney Point upon the North River. Letter of Lt. Col. Johnson to Sir Henry Clinton, dated Hardy’s Town, July 24, 1779, informing that the post at Stoney point fell into the hands of the enemy. Return of the casualties of his Majesty’s troops at Stoney-Point. [The Battle of Stony Point took place on July 16, 1779, during the American Revolutionary War. In a well planned and executed nighttime attack, a highly trained select group of George Washington's Continental Army troops under the command of Brigadier General "Mad Anthony" Wayne defeated British troops in a quick and daring assault on their outpost in Stony Point, New York, approximately 30 mi (48 km) north of New York City.].
Copy of letter from Major General Howe to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated 3 December 1775 (events in Quebec and Montreal). US loan has been negotiated with a foreign power, apparently in Amsterdam. Extraordinary and detailed report of the Battle of Baton Rouge, where Spanish forces, led by General Galvez, prevailed in a battle against the English forces. The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Baton Rouge was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez’s march into British West Florida.
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