Fort Montgomery 3d July 1777
[Extract]
. . . The Congress is not yet got down. Capt Hodge is up atPoughkeepsie to assist in bringing her down & not a Gun on Board his own Ship.2 I will send to· Palmer & try to prevail on him to take Command of the Shark3 tho' I despair of his doing it, in the Mean Time I will look out for somebody Else that will. We shall want Artillery Men much, we hant a Man to a Gun I mean such as must be in Use shoud the Enemy approach by Water only. I am [&c.]
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1. George Clinton Papers, no. 594, N.Y. Arch.
2. Continental Navy frigates Congress and Montgomery, Captains Thomas Grennell and John Hodge respectively.
3. Connecticut Navy row galley.
