Sir
I do herewith deliver You an Invoice of Sail Cloth & Cordage wanted for the public Service, on Lake Champlain, Which You are to purchase for the United states, at the Cheapest Rate they can be procured, in the Colony of Connecticut or Elsewhere.
Mr [Jonathan] Trumbull [Jr.] the Paymaster General will furnish You with a Letter of Credit, to the Amount of the Articles mentioned in the Invoice.ー
General Arnold informs Me, that the Sail Cloth may be had of Mr Thomas Mumford of New London & Cordage of Mr Mortimer of Middletown, to which Places & persons You will be pleased to go & Endeavour to procure these Articles; But You are not to confine Yourself to these Persons only; If the Articles are to be had nearer to this Place or at a Cheaper Rate, You will purchase them & bring them to this Place without Delay, [or] forward them by a safe Hand, by the quickest Cheapest & most direct Rout.
If You should need Assistance in procuring or forwarding any of these Articles, You will apply to His Honor Governor Trumbull for his Order, to be furnished therewith.
You will make no Delay in procuring & dispatching these Articles to Albany, as a Delay in this Matter May prove detrimental to our Army in the Northern Department.
A Captn Bacon who left this Place last Tuesday for New York, has Directions from General Arnold to procure the Articles mentioned in these Lists, in Connecticut, You will probably meet him at Governor Trumbulls, You will make Enquiry for him there, & in Case he shall not have reached that Place, You will leave a Letter for him there, Informing him that You are sent to Connecticut on this Business, & requesting him to desist from purchasing; That double the Quantity ordered, may not be procured. ー I am Sir [&c.] By order &ca
[Enclosure]
Invoice of Articles to be purchased for the Use of the United Colonies ー by Mr Leonard Van Buren.
| 50 |
Bolts Thick Sail Cloth |
|
| 20 |
Do Light Toe Cloth or Oznabrigs |
|
| 15 |
Hawsers 4½ & 5½ Inches ー |
50 to 60 Fathoms |
| 10 |
do 4-4½ do |
50 to 100 do |
| 1 |
Coil 6 Inch Rope |
60 Faths |
| 1 |
do 5 do |
60 do |
| 1 |
do 4 do |
60 do |
| 2 |
do 3½ do |
60 do |
| 2 |
do 3 do |
60 do |
| 1 |
do 2½ do |
120 do |
| 4 |
do 2 do |
120 do |
| 2 |
do 1¾ do |
120 do |
| 4 |
do 1½ do |
120 do |
| 4 |
do Ratlin Stuff |
|
| 1 |
Coil spun Yarn 2 & 3 Threads |
|
| 20 |
Hausers 5 to 5½ Inches |
40 to 120 Faths |
| 5 |
Coils Cordage 4 Inches |
120 Faths |
| 5. |
Coils Cordage 4 Inches |
120 Fathoms. |
| 5. |
do do 2½ do |
120 do |
| 10. |
do do 2 do |
120 do |
| 10. |
do do 1¾ do |
120 do |
| 10. |
do do 1½ do |
120 do |
| 5 |
do 12 Thread Ratling. |
|
| 5 |
do 9 Thread Ratling. |
|
| 20 |
Cwt Spun Yarn. |
|
| 16 |
Cwt 2¼ Inch Rope. |
|
| 20 |
Cwt 5 Inch Shrowd Hauser.ー |
|
Sir You will be pleased to give the Bearer Mr Leonard Van Buren a Credit on the public Account for the Amount of the Above Articles, to be purchased by him & forwarded to this Place. Dated this 3d of August 1776.
By Order of General Schuyler.
Richd Varick Secy.ー
