Williamsburg August 19th 1776ー
Sir
Yours of the 11th Instant we receiv'd, you must make up y[our] Complement of Men as soon as possible2 taking on Board the Guns that [are] ready and proceed down the River3 as far as Hobbs hole letting us know when there that we may give you the proper instructions; apply to Col. [Fielding] Lewis and he will let you have the Articles of War and other Papers relating to your Men, the Guns we shall endeavour to procure as soon as possible. I am by or[der] of the Board of Commissioners [&c.]
G. Webb 1 Comr. P.T.
NB. We mean that you shou'd wait and take those Guns Comg from Philadelphia.
To Capt Eleazer Calender of the Sloop Defiance
1. Navy Board Letter Book, VSL.
2. Ibid., this date the Board also urged Captain Robert Conway of the galley Protector to ready his command "to proceed on a Cruise."
3. Rappahannock River.
