New London Jany 16th 1776
Gentlemen Please to deliver the Inclos'd letter to Governour Cook ー have also Inclosd you an order on Wm Tallman att Bedford for one hundred and Thirty Cask & Keggs of Gun Powder wich would have you Send for and deliver to him and Send me an Accott of the Expence & You'l Oblige [&c.]
Nathl Shaw Junr
1. Shaw Letter Book, YUL.