Boston Nov'r 3d 1777.
Sir
Yours per Capt'n Tracy of 29th Oct'r I duly Rec'd, in answer to which, am Sorry to tell you, we have Rec'd no Answer from the Honorable Marine Committee in PenÂsylvania Sence our last,1 and that it Still Remains out of our power to furnish you with Such a Sum of Money as is Necessary to Enable you to Execute the Commission we have Given you, we flatter our Selves we Shall Very Soon have it in our power to Suply you with the Needfull and Shall be Sorry should the carts not Come forward for more Salt. we hope the Carpenters will now be Satisfyed with there Wages,2 and Rest AsÂsured that as Soon as the Honorable Co[ngre]ss puts it in our Power we Shall with Pleasure Comply with your Requisition. General Warren and Mr. Vernon are not at the board at Present. I am [&c.]
John Deshon
Connecticut Historical Society Collections 20: 703-4.
1. However, see Continental Marine Committee to the Navy Board of the Eastern Department, 26 Oct., above.
2. See Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department to Joshua Huntington, 13 Oct., above.
