New York June the 7. 1776
[Extract]
Sir I do myself the honor to Inform Congress that I arrived here yesterday afternoon about One OClock, and found all, in peace & quiet. I had not time to view the works carrying on & those ordered to be begun when Iwent away, but have reason to beleive from the report of such of the General & other Officers I had the pleasure to see, that they have been prosecuted & forwarded with all possible diligence and dispatch...
Before I left Philadelphia, I employed a person to superintend the building of the Gondoloes which Congress had resolved on for this place,2 he is arrived and all things seems to be in aproper channell for facilitating the work, but when they are done, we shall be in much want of Guns, having never received any of those taken by Commodore Hopkins. Be pleased to mention me to Congress with the utmost respect and I am [&c.]
1. Papers CC (Letters from George Washington), 152, II, 5, NA.
2. Benjamin Eyres, of the Philadelphia shipbuilding firm of Manuel, Gehu and Benjamin Eyres. Ibid. (Memorials addressed to Congress), 41, III, 1, 5-11.
