Gentn  We have just received Intelligence that one of the Officers of the Man of War ² is gone Express to the Northward in a small Schooner and six men  It is supposed she is sent for Arms and for Warlike Stores either to Genl. [Thomas] Gage or to New York

I am for the Committee Gentn Yours &c

If this Schooner should arrive at New Bern it may not be amiss to secure your Cannon &c

Wilmington June 13. 1775.,