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Sir, I am glad to see, you have got safe down ー I sent Mr Oliver the Pilot and both Boats to your assistance ー I would recommend the Sloop and Pilot Boat to join me, where they will be at greater liberty for defence and resistance ー If the Vessels should appear, and the superior number should attempt to board the Schooner I command I hope you will send me a reinforcement of twenty men at least, they never shall have her.

You'l please to observe that [Stephen] Egan told me and sent me repeated word, that Wright's Negroes and his own would join and form their Camp under the North end of Amelia, where the Schooner now lyes within a quarter of a Mile of the Shore, it is but just around the pointー

I would be glad to consult with you upon the disposition you intend to make, and have sent the Boat to wait on you ー And am with great respect Sir [&c.]

[Endorsed] Copy Lieut Grant's letter to Captain Graham No 5 In Govr Tonyn's (No 20) of 15th August 1776