Dear Sir
I Recd a line from Capt [John B.urroughs] Hopkins to putt as much Provision on Board the Andrew Doria, as will serve them for three Months ー wich I shall Comply with, and Imagine she will be Ready to Sail by Satturday Next ー I Reed a line from Bedford, and my Friend writes me that he has deliverd the Five hundd wt of Powder to Governour Cooks order, so I shall take that Qty out of the powder you landed hear ー we have two Deserters hear that came from the Brigg,
that is att Block Island, they say, the Ship Cerberus has 32 Eighteen pounder and Two hundd Men,
and that the People att Block Island, tell them all they know, the Ship Sails very fast ー I am Sir [&c.]
To Esek Hopkins Esqr Commander in Cheif of the American Fleet att Providence