For the Expedition purposed, One thousand Men including Officers, four Armed vessels, & eight Transports, the Men to be raised at the Eastward ー the Fleet to be Made up at Machias, & then proceed to Windsor, Captivate the Torys, Make all the Prosolites we Can & then proceed to Halifax ー if possible destroy the Kings Dockyard, & town is thought proper. ー
it may be undertaken for £5,000 Lawful money and all that can be procured from the Tories ー or ten thousand, & the one half of what is taken from them ー at Windsor we understand, there is abundance of Goods ー which is the next Capital Town to Halifax ー we are Lately informd that there is not to exceed 200 Brittish Troops in Halifax
A true Copy
Steph. Moylan, P.T.S.
1. Papers CC (Letters from George Washington), 152, I, 463, NA. Plan was proposed by Colonel Samuel Thompson and Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and was enclosed in Washington's letter of January 30, 1776.
