[York, Pa.] April. 7th 1778
Gentlemen We have directed the Continental Navy Board at Boston to apply to you for the Sails belonging to the frigates which were destroyed in Hudsons River &c which are under your care,1 as they will be wanted for some of the frigates in the Eastern States, you will please to follow such directions as you shall receive from that Board as to the forwarding of the Sails. We are Gentlemen [&c.]
LB, DNA, PCC, Marine Committee Letter Book, fol. 137 (M332, roll 6). Addressed at top: “Messrs. Lawrence & Tudor/Poughkeepsie.”
1. See Continental Marine Committee to Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Dept., 6 Apr., above. Continental frigates Congress and Montgomery had been burned in Oct. 1777 to prevent their capture.
