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First Day's March: from Providence to Waterman's Tavern. 18-21 June 1781. This map shows the route taken by the four divisions, successively, on 18-21 June 1781. The composition of the divisions is explained in the "Plan for taking the Army from Providence to King's Ferry on the east bank of the Hudson River...," above, Itinerary I. "Among Town" is Monkey Town (Knightsville). The "Patasket" is the Pawtuxet River. Waterman's Tavern was in the town of Coventry, Rhode Island (near present Pottersville).

Field Sketch for the Map of Camp at Farmington. This rough pencil sketch of Farmington appears on the verson of a memorandum noting the timetable and distances for the march of the two brigades from Hunt's Tavern to East Hartford, 22-31 October 1782. It provides an unusual example (the only one known to the Editors) of Berthier's rapid on-the-spot notations that he later worked up into finished maps. Other such field sketches were presumably made day by day as a cumulative record of the camps and marches of the army. The training of the topographical engineers emphasized quick and accurate observation in circumstances that precluded the use of regular surveying instruments. The reconnoiterer must then count his own paces, or his horse's, to determine distances from point to point along the road. As he proceeds he must observe and note roughly on his paper "rivers, brooks, canals, bridges, fords, ravines, swamps, mountains, woods, wayside shrines, mills, gallows, and anything else he meets up with." He must sight such distant landmarks as towers, belfries, and windmills in order to establish the direction of the road. And, if time allows, he should also go up into some high building and sketch the surrounding country.

Forty-fifth Camp at East Hartford. 29 October - 5 November 1782. Twelve and a half miles from the preceding camp at Farmington. Owing to the extra séjour, or halt, the entire army was encamped here together, as shown, from 30 October through 4 November. The camp was east of the village and of the Hockanum River, on either side of the road to Bolton Center. When the army stopped here the previous year, only one regiment (Soissonnais) camped in this position. The other regiments had been west of the village closer to the banks of the Connecticut in an area not included on the present map; cf. No. 32.

Forty-sixth Camp, Two Miles beyond Bolton Meetinghouse. 4-5 November 1782. Fourteen miles from the preceding camp at East Hartford. In June 1781 the army had camped hear Bolton Meetinghouse (present Bolton Center), as shown on Nos. 17 and 31. This time the camp was 2 miles beyond the meetinghouse (i.e., southeastward) in a position that appears to be near the Hop River and one of its small tributaries. This would be in the southwestern corner of the present town of Coventry, or northwestern corner of the present town of Andover (incorporated separately in 1848), along present U.S. Route 6.

Forty-seventh Camp at Windham. 5-7 November 1782. Sixteen and a half miles from Bolton. There was an additional day's stop here. The camp was east of the village on either side of the road leading to Canterbury (present State Route 14). The previous year the army had camped west of the village on the banks of the Shetucket; cf. Nos. 16 and 30.