Sir—

I rec^d. your's ⅌ Cap^t Stillman¹ this afternoon—In Answer—Approve your Con­duct in not sending The Flagg 'till our Troops are marched—I expecting hourly the Cap^t of a Fifty Gun Ship, and 7 or 8 passengers, taken by Cap^t. Harding—with the Cap^t. Flinn² & Crew of the Pacquet from Jaimaica—The Whole Number will be up­wards of Thirty—which shall send on to New Haven to be Carried from thence to New York—The Cap^t. of The 50 Gun Ship—Cap^t Judd^3—will be to exchange for Cap^t Manly⁴One of the passengers a Planter on Jaimaica for One M^r Langdon⁵ of Portsmouth a Prisoner there—The rest for Prisoners belonging to this state—Shall be glad to have you Provide a Vessel at New Haven for the purpose as soon as you have Notice from me of their arrival here—Shall send you further directions soon as they come, most likely this week when Orders are sent Col^o. Ely^6—Those at New London may be sent to New Haven after you hear from me. I am [&c.]