His Majestys Ship Rose at Rhode Island the 19th Jany 1776. —
Gentlemen
I shall be glad to know whether you will come to any Terms, whether we shall have any Supplies from you or whether we must Prosecute the War to the Extent, as we do about the Rest of the Country. I am Gentlemen [&c.]
Jas Wallace
1. Letters to the Governor, 1776, vol. 8, R.I. Arch.