Sir,

In Consequence of an Order from M^r. Tho^s. Bradford (One of your Commissaries)¹ to M^r. Emanuel Eyre² of Trenton to Ship 50 Barrels of Pork for the Use of the Prisoners in Philadelphia, and two Tons of Hay for their Cattle, M^r. Eyre on the 6^th. Instant wrote to M^r. Ferguson³ requesting him to apply to me for a Passport for the Shallop Polly, Isaiah Robinson Master,⁴ manned with 3 Hands, to proceed hither with the abovementioned Articles. I accordingly authorized M^r. Ferguson to transmit a Passport to M^r. Eyre for the purpose desired—On the 14^th. the Shallop coming down was brought to by one of His Majesty's Ships; and upon Examination it was found that M^r. Isaiah Robinson, who had been represented as Master of the Shallop, was in Fact the Captain of the Andrew Doria Frigate, and that Nathaniel Galt Captain of the Argus armed Gun Boat,⁵ was one of the Hands with which she was manned.

As Captains Robinson & Galt appeared in assumed Characters I ordered them agreeably to the established Rules of War to be confined. I am with due respect, Sir, [&c.]