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this will be handed you by Lieutt [Moses] Turner Informing you that I have Receivd the Cariages & swivels &c for the Brigg and am Making all Possiable Dispatch to Get to sea, but as the Schooner is not yet Sail'd and the want of Men for the Brigg I Cant make the Proficency Should be Glad to, but Immagine I Shall be Ready to sail this day week at Fartherest, if I am supply'd With Men &c  I have sent the Formers for the Cartriges and want Two Thirds of the Swivel Cartriges of the smallest Size. Should be Glad to have all the People Supplyed with their Small arm Cartriges There and Likewise the Match Rope ー in Regard to the Vessel She Is very Suitable for the Business & think that A hundred or Eighty Men at Least is no more then a Common Complement as I Flatter myself I shall be Able to Give a Good Acco of her ー I shall be Obliged to Get a Second Lieut at the Camps as Capt Wormer [Benjamin Wormwell] Refuses to Go in that Station the Master is desirious to no the Terms of Wages he is to have  I should be Glad to have A Drum & Fifer as the Other Priverteers are Equiped with them have Nothing Farther to Communicate at Present  Remain In the Interim Your [&c.]