Sir I received this Letter2 on Saturday last [September 2] just as I was leaving Albany after compleating the business with the six Nations as I must go on slowly I think proper to send it by the Post but hope to be in Phila by Sunday next [September 10] at farthest, & on Tuesday be able to present to the Congress an Account of our proceedings I have the Honor to be Sr [&c.]
Turbutt Francis
Pawlous Hook Opposite [New] York Sepr 6th 1775 ー
[Endorsed] Read before Congress 13th Sept
1. Papers CC (Letters of Major General Philip Schuyler), 153, I, 122, NA. Hancock was president of the Continental Congress; Francis, one of the Indian Commissioners for the Northern Department.
2. Schuyler's letter of August 31, 1775, describing the imprudent conduct and killing of Remember Baker.
