Navy Board Eastern Department
Boston August 6. 1778
Sir
We received yours of the first Instant & wish it was in our power to Comply fully with your request1 but the State of our Treasury is very low[.] however We have from a Conviction of the Absolute Necessity you are Under for money Strained a Vein & Ventured to Supply you with a very great proportion of what we have in the office Amounting to fifteen hundred dollars which please to carry to our Credit- I am sir [&c]
J Warren
L, Remember When Auctions, Inc., Catalog #44 (18 July 1998), Item 202. Addressed below close: “Honble. John Langdon Eqr." Docketed on reverse: "Letter from the Navy/Board Augt 1778–."
1. Langdon's letter has not been found but he discussed his need for money in a letter to Josiah Bartlett of that date, above.
