Fort George May 31st 1776
Dr Sir
The Bearer is going with a Number of Carpenters to Skenesborough you will please to furnish him with what Hand Jacks are at Tyconderoga and with a Grind Stone ー please also to send with him a Black Smith, if you have any that can be spared from your post I am Dr Sir [&c.]
PH: Schuyler.
1. Schuyler Papers, Letters & Orders, 18 April, 1779-29 June, 1777, NYPL.