In a message dated 2/8/2002 1:23:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, rfhouston@mindspring.com writes: > It was between > (1775-1783) that the creation of numerous Ranger companies took place. Col Thomas Knowlton headed a Ranger group from Connecticut, and was killed at Haarlem Heights in the battle for Manhattan, Sept 1776. "But our greatest loss was a brave officer from Connecticut whose name and spirit ought to be immortalized, one Col Knowlton." Adjutant General Joseph Reed to his wife, Sept 17, 1776; Reed Papers, IV, 59, N.Y.Hist. Soc. Quoted in The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six, p 469. As I recall, Knowlton was a friend of Nathan Hale's. Anne