Dear sir,

I wish you to give your Influence to Capt Clark to enable him to collect all the Whale Boats in the State & bring them to this Place where they may be together under Guard & put into Repair — If an Order from Governor Trumbull is necessary for this Purpose I will procure it — I would be glad that Capt Clark might bring the Mifflin² to this Place since the Return of Genl Howe to Brunswick General Putnam has it in Contemplation to form a Camp at White Plains — in supplying of which great Use may be made of Water Conveyance — this will do for an ostensible Reason why the Boats should be collected together & repaired — I am [&c.]