L^t. Hanson.

You are to proceed to Cambridge, in the Galley Independence and to apply to Col^o. Harrison for the Goods lodged there belonging to the Congress, which you will receive and deliver to Col^o. Henry Hollingsworth, at the Head of Elk.¹ The Blankets, we are informed, belong to Virginia of which acquaint Col^o. Hollingsworth, that he may dispose of them accordingly. A Number of Recruits are Expected at Cambridge, from Somerset County; you are to carry them to the Head of Elk;² if the Recruits should not be at Cambridge sooner, you will wait two Days for them, but not longer. M^r. Thomas³ takes this Opportunity of going over the Bay, you’ll set him on Shore at Oxford, or where else he pleases.—