Sir

You are without Delay to proceed to Skenesborough by the Way of Tyconderoga, on your arrival there you will take Charge of the Carpenters, Ax-men, Teamsters & Blacksmiths at that place and do every Thing in your power to forward the Building of the Gundaloes and to procure plank and whatever may be necessary ー the Saw Mill must be immediately repaired. ー a Mr Granger who resides in that Neighbourhood understands the work well;him you must procure and add as many of the other Carpenters now there, as can work at it, that it may be finished the soonest possible.

You will employ the Oxen in drawing the Timber necessary to construct the Vessel with and try to procure as many Oak Logs before the Mill is finished as you possibly can; the larger and longer they are the better.

Take a List of all the people employed under your Direction, distinguishing the Carpenters from the Ax-men, and those from the Teamsters, and discharge such as may be unfit for Service either by Disease Drunkenness or Laziness, and keep an exact Checque Book, and call over the Names of every person at Sunrise before they got to Work.

You must provide a Master Sawyer for the Mill & the sawing must go on by Night as well as by Day and that the Sawyers may not play Tricks count the Logs on the Log-Way at Sunset, and again at Sunrise in the Morning and then you will be able to know if the Sawyers have done their Duty.

You should now and then visit them in the Night. Let the greatest Care be taken to guard against accidents by Fire, and charge the Sawyers that if any Thing gives Way in the Night not to go to Bed or lay down tosleep, as many Mills have been burnt for Want of this precaution ー Keep always two Barrels full of Water in the Mill with a Bucket in each.

Frequently examine the Stores, and see what you are likely to want and write for it in Time. I expect to be frequently informed how the Work goes on: how many Logs you have their Dimensions and when you expect the Mill will begin to saw.

You can write either by the Way of Ticonderoga or Wood Creek, as you will have frequent oppertunities both ways. I am Sir [&c.]