July 2: 1777
Gentlen
Consistant with my Instructions to prevent sundr Articales from going out of this State have Sent in a boat wh foure Tuns of Iron and Some Steell Bound to Suffolk in Virginia, with a Officer, to Obay Your farther Instructions, I am Gentlen [&c.]
Geo. Cook
On board the Said Boat Joseph Taylor Scipper John Donnal passenger a Whit Boy and a Negroe
1. Executive Papers, Box 8, Folder 8, Md. Arch.