New London Mar 24 1778
Sir
I Recd. a letter from the Honbl. Board of Warr directing me to send all the Warlike Stores in my hands to Springfield, I suppose they imagined that the Stores ⅌ Capt Lamb1 were deld here as I have no others & suppose if you were to send those Stores to Springfield you yould [would] Comply with those Orders
—Perhaps you have Recd Similar Directions, be so kind as to let me know by return of the Post &c—
LB, CtY, Nathaniel and Thomas Shaw Papers, Letter Book (January 1775-July 1782). Addressed at head: "To John Bradford Esqr./Contl. Agent—."
1. Military stores brought from Martinique to Boston by Capt. John Lamb in the brigantine Irish Gimblet. See NDAR 10: 620, 677, 812, 829, 830.
