Mentions his own wish that a military school might be instituted in Boston; expresses satisfaction that [Gen. John] Burgoyne "seems to entertain proper Ideas of Congress"; expresses apprehension that "the just Expectations of the People with Regard to Ty and Independence [Forts Ticonderoga and Independence, N.Y.] will be baulked," that the cause will be injured, and that the people's confidence in officials will be lessened; discusses a prisoner exchange for Col. [Ethan] Allen; informs him that the [Massachusetts] General Assembly's instructions to Lovell regarding the Confederation are enclosed in Adams's letter to [Elbridge] Gerry and mentions Lovell's mortification at the delay; discusses the case of a man who claimed he was "surprised into an Oath of Allegiance."
