VOL. II NO. 4 THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES OCTOBER, 1905 WILLIAM ABBATT 281 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Published Monthly $5.00 a Year 50 Cents a Number THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES VOL. II OCTOBER, 1905 NO. 4 CONTENTS PAGE THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE REVOLUTION REGINALD PELHAM BOLTON 223 LIBERTY OF THE PRESS (_Sixth Paper_) REV. LIVINGSTON ROWE SCHUYLER 228 EARLY DAYS IN LUZERNE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA W. P. RYMAN 239 THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC (_Concluded_) R. N. ARPE 249 THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA E. N. VALLANDIGHAM 259 FANCIES AT NAVESINK (_Poem_) WALT WHITMAN 264 THE FIGHT AT DIAMOND ISLAND REV. B. F. DECOSTA 265 INDIAN LEGENDS: _II._ THE MAIDEN OF THE MOON The late CHARLES LANMAN 273 THE FIRST WOMAN IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 276 HAND-LOOM WEAVING REVIVED 278 ERROR--MEMORIAL TREES 281 BALTIMORE’S OLD STEPPING-STONES 282 THE GRAVE OF LEATHERSTOCKING 283 THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA (_Excerpt_) WILLIAM L. STONE 284 COMMUNICATION (John Paul Jones) A. A. FOLSOM 285 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS Letter of Col. Henry Glen to Col. Marinus Willett 287 Letter of Washington to the Board of War 289 Letter of John Dickinson to the President of Congress 290 MINOR TOPICS: The First U. S. Flag 291 GENEALOGICAL: Queries--Answers 292 BOOK NOTICES 293 Entered as second-class matter, March 1, 1905, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. _Copyright, 1905, by William Abbatt_ THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES VOL. II OCTOBER, 1905 NO. 4 THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE REVOLUTION