I Hereby Certify to whom it may Concern that on the First day of August 1775 by order of Major General [Philip] Schuyler, I took Command of the Sloop Enterprise then Lying at Crown point for the Service of the United Colonies and find by Strict examination the Condition she now is in to be of Very Little use to the Service, as I am well assured in the Present State the Vessel might be Easily taken by Four Batteaues with one Swivel Gun and Ten men Armed in Each As Witness my hand this Second Day of August 1775

To His honor Major General Schuyler at Tionderoga ------------