Honerble Gentelmen  I Recd. your Letter of the 1 Instant  Am well Sattisfyd with my fattegueing Cruse as I seam to Have your Approbation  I Now have the Boats ariving for Kingstown with part of the flower  am in much Confution giting stores & Providing for Near 230 Men so ples to Excuse my Errors in Riting have got 61 Boats up with the flower  have 26 Left With 300 bb of flower in yarmoth  have Bin obligd to Draw 130 Men From the Provential Troopes which I Expect will Have More Wages then our one Men which are Inlisted In the Armey as I have No abselute orders I think to take a Detachment of our one Armey & procede Amedatly to yarmoth after the Remaining part of the flower & Boats  as thare is so great Numr of Peopel in that plaice our Sculking inemy may Burn the Store or Some other Mischeif altho I have Dun all was in My power to prevent it & at my Return will take the Moast prudent way in my pwer to Convoy Boath flower & Boats to such plaice Or plaices as shall Be thoght Best By my Commanders If that ar wanted before pies to Direct a line to the Commanding officer at plymoth  in that way you think proper  if thay are Not much Wanted I Think Thare Might Bee a Saving to Move it farther With our one troops toward the Camp as our Enemys are much at Present Intimedated  If I have good weathe[r] I hope To git all the Boats & flower to Kingstown & Plymoth By this Day weak. Am Now Much Wanted Cannot Rite Perticular  Must Conclude  Am My Cuntrey & your Vary Hume Servent

Kingstown June 3d 1775