CHAPTER XVI.

Correspondence of Washington and Schuyler on the disasters in Canada—Reinforcements required from New England—Dangers in the Interior of New York—Johnson Hall Beleaguered—Sir John Capitulates—Generous Conduct of Schuyler—Governor Tryon and the Tories—Tory Machinations—Lee at New York—Sir Henry Clinton in the Harbor—Menaces of Lee—The City and River fortified—Lee’s Treatment of the Tories—His Plans of Fortification—Ordered to the Command in Canada—His Speculations on Titles of Dignity 153