Portsmouth June 3d 1776
Sir ー
Your favour of the 11th Ulto I've recd with the inclos'd demands, on [Thomas] Palmer (who is to sea) and Pitman who I believe is at home, shall endeavour to get the Money and when got shall forward it, I am very happy you are so well fortifyed, and that the Government is in such Order, and under the direction, of so worthy a chief Magistrate for whom I have the greatest Friendship and Regard; not only for his Reagrd to his Country, and Abilities as a Statesman, but as an Honest Man, the Noblest Work of God ー (I mean his Excellency. ー John Rutledge Esqr) Excuse haste ー Your [&c.]
John Langdon
P S We are in high Spirits here are ready to meet these Enemies to Mankind ー
1. John Langdon Letter Book, Captain J. G. M. Stone Private Collection, Annapolis. Captain Robert Cochran had visited New Hampshire in the early part of the year in an effort to enlist men for the South Carolina naval service.
