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The Raven & Cherokee are the only two ships of War which remain now stationed at Tybee in the Mouth of Savannah River, with whom we have no kind of Communication. ー Several Armed Vessels infest our other Inlets to the Southward, & made Several Captur[e]s, which we cannot prevent as we have not a Single Vessel of any force, but they have alway[s] been drove off of the Shore, when they attempted to get a Supply of provision. -

Savannah in Georgia 28th April 1776.