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I should have thought that on such an Emergency as this is & when rigging cannot be had, that Every Person would readily lend a helping hand, If You cannot succeed in procuring the Articles mentioned, from the Proprietors of Sloops at Albany, And that the Committee upon a written Application in my Name, specifying the Articles, will not Oblige them to furnish Us, You must dispatch two Batteaus to Poughkeepsie with an Active Officer to bring them from thence. ー

Write to the Commanding Officer at Fort George to send all the Junk & Oakhum from there, I believe some will be found, As also all the Pitch, Except one Barrel, together with the Steel & Iron to General Gates & to let You know Exactly what he forwards; If Anchors cannot Otherwise be got, they must be had from some Forge, the [illegible] to Albany they can be procured. ー

Send all the Powder Except one Ton, to General Gates under the Care of an Officer & party as Also the Ball & Buckshot & Let me again repeat, to leave Nothing at Albany, that is already or may arrive there, and that ought to go to the Army. ー

General Arnold informs Me that Sail Cloth may be had of Mr Thomas Mumford of New London & Cordage of Mr Mortimer of Middletown, If these Articles cannot be procured nearer, You must get a Credit from Mr Trumbull & dispatch a proper person to purchase & bring them without Delay to Albany, to be thence dispatched to Ty[co]nderoga. I am &c.