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  1. A large shipment of gunpowder has arrived in Egg Harbor, NJ. It is was ordered in secret by the Cont. Congress. Its origin is unknown.
  2. In appears Benedict Arnold will survive getting shot in the leg during the Battle of Quebec. He is resting while his army remands near town.
  3. Congress reports that it is printing 100,000 dollars worth of paper money to replace that amount of worn or destroyed bills.
  4. Gen. Washington is again requesting that soldiers in his Boston camps be properly dress and have themselves and their equipment clean.
  5. Congress announces that Pennsylvania raise another battalion of soldiers from the back country.
  6. Washington's army around Boston has lost so many soldiers that any attack by the British would undoubtably lead to loss.
  7. Reports that as many as 1000 fresh British troops have arrived in Halifax, Canada eventually bound for Boston.
  8. Washington has and will distribute an update to the The Continental Rules and Articles governing the army. They are to be read to the men.
  9. A reported 350 Continentals have been captured, 20 killed and 40 MIA during the failed attack on Quebec. British casualties were limited.
  10. Rumors in Boston and Philadelphia indicate Charleston, SC is a target for a second British army in the coming months.
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  12. The town of Norfolk Virginia is completely ablaze due to the bombing from Lord Dunmore's fleet.
  13. B. Arnold is in serious codition after being shot in the leg. All none captured continetal troops have made it back to the American camp.
  14. British ships of the line have opened fire on Norfolk, VA.
  15. Daniel Morgan and about sixty men were captured after being outnumbered in a street fight in Lower Town, Quebec.
  16. Arnold is being taken back to camp after suffering a wound to the leg, while his troops under direction of Daniel Morgan storm Lower Town.
  17. Benedict Arnold has been shot leading an assault on the British line. Daniel Morgan has taken command and successfully charged the barrier.
  18. Daniel Morgan has sustained burns to his face after discharge from a British musket knocked him off his scaling ladder he continues to fight
  19. Arnold and his advanced unit have come across a wooden barrier blocking the road to Lower Town, Quebec, being defended by British soldiers.
  20. Two other senior officers have been killed with Montgomery and his men are retreating. They left Montgomery's body behind.