Emerald.
off Tangier & Watts Islands 17th April 1778
Sir
You will please, to receive such Americans, enlisted for General Sir William Howes Army,1 as will be sent you from the Senegal;2 Victualling them at two thirds allowance, taking the first oppertunity of sending them to New York, or Philadelphia; sending a list to the Commandg. Officer. I am [&c.]
B.C.
LB, UkGrNMM, Benjamin Caldwell Papers, CAL/110 Letter Book (May 1776-June 1779), p. 22. Addressed at bottom: “To/Captain Squire/Otter.”
1. On these enlistees for the British Army, see Caldwell to Capt. Richard Onslow, 31 Mar. 1778. NDAR 11: 848.
2. H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Senegal, Comdr. Anthony James Pye Molloy, commander.
