At a meeting of the Governor and Council of Safety at Mrs. Alden's, Lebanon, specially called and met on Fryday the 24 July, 1778. 

Letters just received from Gen. Sullivan,¹ advising that they are in expectation of immediate attack from the enemy at R. Island,² who will be 11,000 strong, in a day or two &c., requesting aid &c. 

Another from Gen^l Washington of the 22d. at W. Plains, informing that the French admiral, not able to get into N. York for want of sufficient depth of water &c., were sailing to New Port &c., and requesting aid to cooperate with them, and that he is sending a detachment from his army &c. &c., and requesting pilots for the fleet &c.³ 

Considered those and a number of other letters, and agreed to request and direct Mr. Shaw⁴ to furnish a sufficient number of pilots forthwith and send off to the fleet;⁵ and a letter prepared and signed by the Governor and sent by express (Loomis) for that purpose.