Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut
Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut
I W Isaac William Stuart
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" The retreat from Rhode Island which Colonel Trumbull thus describes, did not at once relieve the Governor of Con- necticut, or his Council, or the State at large, from the ne- cessity of military labor and watchfulness. The enemy be- gan immediately to burn and depredate along the coast of New England. They menaced every part of it. Particu- * Seeing the order and rapidity of this movement, Gen. Sullivan exclaimed, "that movement would do honor to the ablest regiment of the army, " "The enemy... engaged with Col. Greene, perceiving this bold and successful adventure, instantly retreated, and thus escaped a capture. Your preservation in each of these most daring enterprises, [he refers to Trumbull's bearing orders to Quaker Hill also, ] I have ever considered little short of a miracle, and a most remarkable interposition of Providence for your safety, " — Gea. Mattoon to Col. J. Truinhull, 388 CHAP. XXX IT. — TKUMHUI. L. 1778. larly, tlu-y tlireat^^ncd Boston, and the French fleet in tlie harbor there.
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