Head Quartrs. 15th. April 17781
Sir
In a letter rec'd from you some days past were inclos'd the Paroles of some Offcrs.— these I have deliver'd to the Commissary Genl of Prisoners—2 yesterday I rec'd the Articles agreeable to the Bill sent me by Major Burnet & by him, or when he sends down you shall receive the amount—3
The men at present under yr. Command belonging to Genl. Varnums Brigade I cannot think of suffering to remain with you so long as you perhaps may wish, & have to desire that you will send them by a careful Officer to Camp by the first day of next month—4 Their time of stay will be so short, that I cannot think it necessary or right that they should receive their cloaths untill they join their Corps— I am &c
GW—n.
Df, DLC, George Washington Papers, Series 4. Addressed below close: "Capt Barry."
1. Washington's headquarters was at Valley Forge, Pa.
2. These were undoubtedly the paroles of the officers from the ships Kitty and Mermaid and the British armed schooner Alert, all of which Barry had captured on 9 Mar. 1778. NDAR 11: 560–61.
3. See Barry to Washington, 11 Apr., above.
4. Barry's request concerning the men of the Rhode Island Continental brigade serving with him is in his letter to Washington of 11 Apr., above.
