Ship Montgomery2 [off Poughkeepsie] 11 July 1777
Sir,
Lieuts [Ephraim] Chamberlain & [John] Oddel Just delivered your Orders respecting Sixty Men that are to Repair on Board my Ship. Proper Officers for the Ship have been Nominated & Appointed by the Honourbl Continental Congress. If those two Gentn stay on Board, they must expect to be Commanded by my Officers. I am Sr [&c.]
John Hodge
To His Excelly General George Clinton at Fort Montgomery
1. George Clinton Papers, no. 621, N.Y.Arch.
2. Continental Navy frigate.
