Providence [RI.] 27 July 1778
Dear Sir
Gen'l Sullivan1 has made a Requisition to Capt. John Deshon2 for A Quantity of provisions that was put up for the Navy if he should Comply with the Request I Conclude the provisions is in your hands if he should Give orders to have any Quantity forwarded, Desire you would have it forward as soon as possible. if you Cant procure teames you will advise me and I will procure teams To Transport it, as the provisions must be forwarded without Delay. I am with Respect [&c.]
Asa Waterman A.C.D.3
Connecticut Historical Society Collections 20: 90. Huntington was superintending the construction of the Continental Navy frigate Confederacy at Norwich, Conn.
1. Maj. Gen. John Sullivan commanded the Continental Army in Rhode Island.
2. Deshon was a member of the Continental Navy Board of the Eastern Department.
3. The initials after Waterman's signature probably stand for Adjutant, Commissary Department.
