Sir

I wrote you yesterday since which Capt Seth Warner one of the Sea Captains you mention caine to me, and hath consented to undertake and raise a Company of Seamen for the Lake Service ー He informs me that he can soon procure twenty Seamen here and as many more out of the Companies in Colo [Samuel] Mott's Regiment which went from his neighbourhood, and are at or on their march to Skeensborough ー I have conferred with him, and on consideration offered the following encouragement to such able bodied Seamen as shall enlist into this Service ー to witー

They to be held in Service from the day of their enlistment untill the 25th day of December next, unless sooner discharged, and to have the same allowance and marching money as the other Troops in Continental Service ー The Premium and first months wages to be paid before they begin their march ー²

I shall pr next opportunity send you an account of the Cost of the felling Axes, and advance pay to the Carpenters, and an estimate of the Sums necessary to be advanced for premium and first month's wages for the Seamen now to be raised, which I shall hope to receive ー The other Carpenters I expect here soon, and trust they will undertake the Service ー I am, Sir [&c.]