[New Haven] April 3d 1776
Sir The Govr & Council of Safety appointed me to Supply the Brig Defiance [sic] with Provision & I have Spent on her about £500-I Shall be obliged to you if you would Dra~ an order on the Treasurer for That Sum & give it to Mr Davenport and you will much oblige your Humble Servant
Jonth Fitch
1. Conn. Arch., 1st Series, IX (Defence), 60a, ConnSL.
2. Ibid., in the summary of the Defence accounts is an item reading: ''.April Jonathan Fitch has spent about £500 for provisions and .wishes an order on the treasury."