Sir

I have this moment wrote to Captain [Henry Edwin] Stanhope, & given him by his Excellencies Command, Such reasons for not imediatly granting his request as Cannot but be Satisfactory; the Same reasons you will clearly See hold good with respect to you ー the General is truely Concerned it is not at present in his power to grant you Leave to go to Nova Scotia to your familly the first moment that it Can be done with propriety, you may be assured that Indulgence will be granted.

When his Excellency granted you the District of the town of Northampton & five miles round for your place of Confinement he undertsood that Northampton & Hadly were towns Like those to the Southward of moderate extent, Since upon better Information, he finds that each of those Towns Contain a District of a very Large extent of Country he directs me to acquaint you, & desires you will acquaint all the Gentlemen upon their Parole at either of those towns, that they must Keep themselves within the Legal Limits of the town they Live in ー the Comittee of Safety at Northampton & Hadly have by this Conveyance received his orders upon this head ー I have regularly forwarded all Letters to & from Boston that you or any of the Gentlemen have Sent to Headquarters Yrs

John Knight Northampton