May it Please The Honorable Court

I beg Leave to inform your Honours I have a Sloop on Shore at .Cape Cod Put there in distress having 30 Souls on board and not one Drop of Water-

it was with the utmost Dificulty I got Clear of the fleet without the Los of the Sloop as my intention was to Part them & to put into some Port to Repair and to Proceed to the Province of New York .

I beg-Such directions as may inable me to disposeof the Passingers and Secure my Property ー Should it be Sugested that I ~may be a Enemy to my Country I Can Produce Proper Testimonies if Required I have Not acted any Part in favour of the' ministerial Troops but my intention is by the means of the Sloop to be usefull to my Country and Provide for my family

I Should have been glad to had it in my Power to make my self beter Known but Cant at Present as I am illy able to hold a Perr having frooze my fingers for want of help on board

I beg Leave to Subscribe my Self a friend Robt Campbell