Newcastle 12th May 1776
Sir
At Nine oClock this Morning The Men of War Weighed and is Standing down the River, I have Sent a Guard Boat down as far, is Ready [Reedy] Island to know how far the[y] go. ー
I would be Glad to know if we Stay here or go up to our Station I am with Respect [&c.]
H Dougherty2
1. Committee of Safety, Navy Papers, Pa. Arch.
2. Senior captain of the Pennsylvania fleet, and commander of the galley Washington.
