New London Sep 29 1776.
Sir
The Tents &c which you have on Board for Col [Christopher] L[i]ppits Regemt you are to Proceede with in your Sloop up the Sound as farr as Fairfield and their deliver them if you find his Regt their, if he is Gone on to N. York you must if you think it Safe Proceede up as farr as Stanford and advise Col Leppitt and take his Direction I have also put on board Seventy two Tents more which you must Deliver as farr up the Sound as you think you can with safety they are for the Use of the Continental Army & must be delivered to Genl Washingtons order you must send an express to the Genl soon as you arrive and deliver the Inclosed Letter I am Sir [&c.]
N Shaw Junr
To Capt Nicholas Webster Present [Endorsed] a True Copy of the Origenal Nicholas Webstar
1. Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Letters and Papers, NLCHS.
