Bedford, May 25th 1777
May it please your Excellency
I have the Pleasure of informing your Excellency and the Honorable Council, that I sailed from the Port of New London, on Thursday last, afternoon [May 22], and arrived safe in this Harbour on Friday ー The Ship proves a very good Sailer, and in other Respects fully answerable to our greatest Expectations ー I hope to get mann'd soon, as I brought out 102 Men and shall open a House of Randezvous here Tomorrow I am With the greatest Respect your Excellency's [&c.]
Seth Harding ー
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX, 173, ConnSL.
