[Fort Island] 18: November 1775
Gentlemen
Lieut [John] Hennesy: Belonging to the Effinham: Being so Ill with the Piles that he's not Able to lave his Room but his Testamony: Relative to [William] Green the Prisoner2 was given in before the Court, however when Able: will Wate off you and declare the Same, I am [&c.]
H Dougherty
1. Committee of Safety, Navy Papers, Pa. Arch.
2. See Minutes of the Committee of Safety, November 17, 1775.