For views of Quebec and the points of attack, see Moore's _Diary of the Rev._, i. 185; Lossing's _Field-Book_, i. 198; and _Mag. of Amer. Hist._, April, 1884, p. 274. A view of the plains of Abraham is in _Ibid._, p. 296.]
The retreat continued to Crown Point, and in July Sullivan was relieved by Gates; and the campaign was over,—nothing accomplished. On July 26th Governor Trumbull reviews the condition of the army in a letter in Hinman's _Conn. during the Rev._ (p. 560).[653] The letters of Ira Allen and John Hurd express the uneasy state of mind along the frontier, which now took possession of the exposed settlers (_N. H. Prov. Papers_, viii. pp. 301, 306, 311, 315-317, 405). Insecurity was felt at Ticonderoga (_N. H. State Papers_, viii. 576, 581).
Congress twice appointed commissioners to proceed towards Canada. In Nov., 1775, Robert R. Livingston, John Langdon, and Robert Treat Paine were sent, with instructions dated Nov. 8th,[654] to examine the fortifications of Ticonderoga and the highlands, and "to use their endeavors to procure an accession of the Canadians to a union with these colonies;" and their report (Nov. 17th), with a letter to Montgomery (Nov. 30th), is in the _Sparks MSS._ (lii. vol. ii.). In March, 1776, Benj. Franklin, Samuel Chase, and Charles Carroll were instructed (_Journals of Congress_, i. 289; Force, v. 411) to proceed to Canada to influence, if possible, the sympathies of the Canadians. Carroll was a Roman Catholic, and he was accompanied by his brother, John Carroll, a priest.[655] Much was expected of the mission on this account (Adams's _Familiar Letters_, 135). Franklin, delayed at Saratoga (April), began to feel that the exposures of the expedition were too much for one of his years, and sat down to write "to a few friends by way of farewell."[656] Carroll kept a diary, which has been since printed.[657] There are papers appertaining to the mission in Force's _Archives_, 4th, iv., v.; Sparks's _Washington_ (iii. 390), and his _Corresp. of the Rev._ (i. 572), and Lossing's _Schuyler_ (vol. ii.).[658] On Jan. 31, 1850, Mr. William Duane delivered an address on _Canada and the Continental Congress_ before the Penna. Hist. Soc., which is printed among their occasional publications.