Sir you being Commander of the Schooner Spy now fit for the Sea You will Embrace the first Opportunity to Sail for Maryland or Virginia with a Bill Drawn by Commissary [Joseph] Trumbull on President [John] Hancock for one Thousand Dollars Properly Indorsed You will therefore Dispose Said Bill & Lay out the Avails in Maryland or Virginia for Flour or Bread as by Advice you shall find to be most Advantageous to the State Concerned and a few Barrels of Tarr & Turpentine if to be had if your Money should not hold out to Purchase a Load of those Artides you are Authorized to Draw on the Govr of this State for what you shall want to make up a full Cargo and your Bill or Bills will be Duely Honored, if your Money should Purchase More than a Cargo of these Articles, you May Invest the Surplus in Such Articles as you Judge will best answer the Public Necessity and Return as soon as Possible ー Three Sets of Bills of Like Tenor & Date are Made one will be forwarded by land Directly one by you and the Other is in Safe hands ー

Wishing you a Good Voyage with a Speedy & Safe Return I Remain [&c.]

NB [endorsed on the draft of the letter] he had Orders to Capt Epm Bill for a bb of Rum and to Capt Jo Dishon for Beef Pork & Bread