CHAPTER XXI. Gates sent to Philadelphia with the Canada Despatches—Promoted to the rank of Major-General—Washington Summoned to Philadelphia—Putnam left in Command—Conference with Congress—Army Arrangements—A Board of War instituted—The Clintons of New York—Mrs. Washington Inoculated—Reed made Adjutant-General 206 CHAPTER XXII. Affairs in Canada—Disaster at the Cedars—Hostile Designs of the Johnsons—A Bloody Summer expected—Forts in the Highlands—Colonel James Clinton in Command—Fortifications at King’s Bridge and on Long Island 212 CHAPTER XXIII. Retreat of General Thomas—His Death—General Sullivan in Command—Scene on the Sorel—Sanguine Expectations of Sullivan—Washington’s Opinion of Sullivan’s Character—Gates appointed to the Command in Canada—Reinforcements of the Enemy—Reverses—Thompson Captured—Retreat of Sullivan—Close of the Invasion of Canada 220 CHAPTER XXIV. Designs of the Enemy against New York and the Hudson—Plot of Tryon and the Tories—Arrival of a Fleet—Alarm Posts—Treachery up the Hudson—Fresh Arrivals—General Howe at Staten Island—Washington’s Preparations 228 CHAPTER XXV. First Appearance of Alexander Hamilton—His Early Days—General Hugh Mercer in command of the Flying Camp—Declaration of Independence—Announced to the Army—Downfall of the King’s Statue 237 CHAPTER XXVI. Arrival of more Ships—Movements of the Phœnix and the Rose—Panic in the City—Hostile Ships up the Hudson—Stir of War along the River—General George Clinton, and the Militia of Ulster County—Fresh Agitation of New York—Arrival of Lord Howe 244 CHAPTER XXVII. Precautions against Tories—Secret Committees—Declaration of Lord Howe—His Letter to the Colonial Governors—His Letter to Washington rejected—Interview between the British Adjutant-General and Colonel Reed—Reception of the Adjutant-General by Washington—The Phœnix and Rose in the Tappan Sea, and Haverstraw Bay—Arming of the River Yeomanry—George Clinton at the Gates of the Highlands 250 CHAPTER XXVIII. Question of Command between Gates and Schuyler—Condition of the Army at Crown Point—Discontent and Departure of Sullivan—Fortifications at Ticonderoga—The Question of Command adjusted—Secret Discontents—Sectional Jealousies in the Army—Southern Troops—Smallwood’s Macaroni Battalion—Connecticut Light-Horse 260