Sloop Hester July the 27th A.D. 1776
Sir
The Sloop is hove down & Cleaning & hope to be ready to take my Station this Night I shall not loose a minutes time but shall effect it if Possible, all Guards have been kept as usual & nothing Extrodnory has been Discoverd. I have been some uneasy respecting Capt Burr's Station and Humbly Conceive he might be stationd lower down than he is which would be more advantagious in preventing an Intercourse between the Tories anc;l the Enemy, He also is of the same Opinion, but as General Putnam and General Alaxander 12 had given him Instruction it put it out of my power to do it. I only send one word to know whether Your Excellency for the future will Consider him as being under my Inspection I am with great respect [&c.]
Benj Tupper Lt Colo
by Capn Burr
1. Washington Papers, LC.
2. William Alexander, Lord Stirling.
