Honoured Sir Inclosed you have an Inventory of Stores taken out of two Forts at New Providence ー have also the Governor, a Counsellor who is a half pay Officer & the Surveyor General of the Customs for North America on board ー I shall be glad of your directions .how to dispose of them as they are Gentlemen that I think ought to be well treated as Prisoners ー I have likewise Seventy odd Prisoners taken out of the Bomb Brig, the Schooner & the Glasgows Tenders which Shall be glad of your directions respecting them—

If you should see Genll Washington shall be glad to get Perlllission to Enlist some of his Soldiers as I am very short handed ー I have a number of heavy Cannon taken out of the Forts if you should have Occasion for any of them you will please to give directions accordingly ー I am with great Respect Sir [&c.]

[Enclosure]

Inventory of Stores &c taken at Fort Nassau ー March 3 1776

71 Cannon from 9 to 32 Pounders
15 Mortars from 4 to 11 Inches ー diamr & Beds for do
5337 Shells
9831 Round Shott & 165 Chain & dbleheadd ditto
140 hand Grenadoes
816 Fuzees or false Fires
99 Spunges Rammers & Worms
46 Copper Ladles
407 Copper Hoops & 5 Copper Powder Measures
220 Iron Trucks for Carriages
3 Bells
24 Casks Powder A Quantity of Match Rope not Weigh'd
2 Old dble Blocks with brass Sheafs
1 Old Scale Beam ー 1 old Hammer & a [illegible] Trumpet
3 Tann'd Hides
2 Boxes Tallow Candles
4 Barrels Flour, 4 ditto Bread 4 ditto Beef
Part of a Cask Spirit
1 Sun Dial & I English Flag

Inventory of Stores &c taken at Fort Nassau — March 3 1776
17 Cannon from 9 to 24 36 Pounders
1240 Round Shott
121 Shells
81 Iron Trucks for Carriages
22 Copper Hoops ー 2 Copper Powder Measures
1 Worm, 1 Ladle
Some old Iron, Copper & Lead not Weigh'd