Sir

You are hereby Requested to order your Barge mann'd and Equip'd, and put a good Officer in her, and Order her to reconnoitre down the River as far as they can do it with Safety, and make his Rendezvous onboard the Sloop Providence whenever he thinks proper ー She is to Stop any Boat or Craft that may be going down the River without General [Joseph] Spencer's Orders as late as this clay ー I am Sir [&c.]