Sir

We are in immediate want of your Vessel for carrying Troops up the Bay, you are therefore upon receipt of this to proceed to York Town ー where you are to prepare for taking in the same so as to be ready to sail by the 20th Instant at farthest. I am by order of the Board Your h'bl'e Servant

To Capt [Richard] Taylor of the Schooner Hornett
The same wrote to Capt [James] Markham of the Page Galleyー
The same wrote to Capt Cily Sanders of the Lewis Galleyー
The same wrote to Capt [Eleazer] Callender of the Sloop Defianceー²