War-Office, Boston June 2d 1777 —
Capt Wilm Haynes, Sir,
Yours of the 28th of May has just come to hand & the Board of War are very uneasy that you have not been able to procure a Crew for the Ship Union, which they suppose is compleatly loaded & in other respects ready for Sea, They therefore direct you to go immediately thro' the whole Eastern Country, if necessary, & get a sufficient number of Hands for your Ship on the best Terms you can obtain them; — They fully expect the next Letters from Mr [William] Frost will acquaint them that you have sail'd [&c.]
Jona Loring Austin Secy
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 151, Letters from the Board of War, 1776-1780,78.
