Catalogue of manuscripts and relics in Washington's head-quarters . Instructions to Gilbert Livingston in relation toFire Rafts, with signatures of Committee. 96. Letter from Nathaniel Woodhull, President of ProvincialConvention, to Secret Committee, informing them of theirappointment on a Committee for the organization of a newGovernment. 97. Original Draft of letters in reply to Woodhull. BEACONS AND SIGNALS. Beacon lights and flags, and signal can-non, were employed during the Revolutionto convey intelligence of the movements ofthe enemy. The Highlands of the Hudsonwere prominent Beacon Sig
Catalogue of manuscripts and relics in Washington's head-quarters . Instructions to Gilbert Livingston in relation toFire Rafts, with signatures of Committee. 96. Letter from Nathaniel Woodhull, President of ProvincialConvention, to Secret Committee, informing them of theirappointment on a Committee for the organization of a newGovernment. 97. Original Draft of letters in reply to Woodhull. BEACONS AND SIGNALS. Beacon lights and flags, and signal can-non, were employed during the Revolutionto convey intelligence of the movements ofthe enemy. The Highlands of the Hudsonwere prominent Beacon Signals. We learnfrom the second paper embraced in thisseries, that the Signal Beacon, or the Bea-con that gave the signal to other Beacons,was on Butter Hill, and that the Beaconson the opposite hills were subordinate to Beacon-pyres were pyramidical in form,made of logs filled in with brush and in-flammable materials, and carried to a heightof thirty feet. The accompanying engraving is from the origi-nal order in regard to the manner of their 98. General Orders, dated Poughkeepsie, March, 18, 1779, giving 32 WASHING TONS HEA D- Q UA R TEES. the number of signal guns to be fired on approach of enemyup the River. From J. C. Letter from Genl. Heath to Gov. Clinton, dated RobinsonHouse, showing the location of the Beacons. PRIVATEERING. The papers of this series are known as the Miller were among the effects of the late Judge Smith, and werepurchased and presented to the collection by Thos. C. Ring, Miller, to whom they belonged, was a merchant atEast Hartford. The attention of the Continental Congress was directed tothe subject of a Navy in 1775. Before definite action had beentaken, however, Washington fitted out five or six armed vesselsat Boston as Privateers. Congress subsequently affirmed thisaction, and formally authorized the granting of Letters ofMarque and Reprisal. Very little is known of the number ofvessels engage
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