Marched in the rain
and very gresy traviling it was and we Arivd at Teburth and from thence to the
place cald Lowdins Ferry1 to Landard Fungdors and from thence to the
half moon & Lodged their.
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1 On the Mohawk, about five miles above Cohoes
Falls. It was the chief crossing-place for troops on their way north from
Albany. There the right wing of the American army, under Arnold, was encamped,
while General Schuyler was casting up entrenchments at Cohoes Falls, a few
weeks before the Saratoga battles, in 1777.
SOURCE: Abraham
Tomlinson, Editor, The Military Journals
of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775, p. 15
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