Gentn

I have as Mr [Matthew] Tilghman Desired in His to Me of Thursday Made Enquiry for Small Vessells, but Cannot find that any are to be Got Here on freight ー I fancy if they are to be Procured it will be Down the Bay, the Sooner they are Got the Better, as I fear the flower now Begins to spoil ー I was yesterday Down at the fort, they Are Pretty forward, and the Resistance they Can now Make, if the Enemy Should Come up, will not be very Inconsiderable We are not in Much apprehension of the Otter or even Double Her force, but in the Connecticut Dialect of old Roger Sherman "Where is the Powder?["] I am Gentn [&c.]

Mount Clare June 2d 1776