Sir

You are to make all the dispatch you can to Boston and get the Cabot fitted for Sailing as soon as possible, and get such Provisions onboard as will Last three or four Months if to be had, and join me here as soon as possible —

If I should be Saild before you get here Shall leave directions here for you to follow, and where to join the Fleet — I am [&c.]

To Elisha Hinman Esqr Commr of the Cabot