Middletown June 15th 1776
Mr Deane
Sir/ I aQuaint you that I recd by John Wright 50 Ells Tarr Very Small and About Two thirds full, forty Bundles of Iron Hoops 17 Coils of Small Tarred Riging 11 D[o] White Rope 357 Codlines 20 Coils of Deap Sea Lines 35 Bundles of haulters [with] Wormline Marline and houseline, Since the above I have by Mr Wm Bull one Shrou[d] With Spunyarn and Sundrys Stores a Quantity, with a Suite of Collours all [which] I have putt into Store, as this is post Day I would have you Write Your friend [torn] Nott to Send any More Liries as there is Enough to Rigg the Ship ware they Sutable Sizes.2 I wish you would hurry the Stays and the Other Shroud as I am Afraid The Sailors that Depends on Working att the Riging will be Impatient and Goe off as Sume of them are All Readey, I wish Callender Would Send for as Many Lines as he Wants and att the Same time Send Me Down Some of his Large twine for Whiping Nothing Material from the Ship I have Nott seen yr Brother Since Last Friday ー yr Very [&c.]
John Cotton
1. Barnabas Deane Papers, ConnHS.
2. The Continental frigate Trumbull.