New London October 1st 1776
Sir
The 29th Ulto I shipt by Capt Webster Seventy Two Tents which was Sent me by Daniel Tillinghast Esqr of Providence and hope they will get safe to hand ー I now by Capt Thos King send you Nine Marque and Ninety Seven Common Tents which I hope will also Come Safeー
In Case any of the Brittish Ships Should come down this way, I think we Should have the Earliest Notice of it, as we are Daly Shiping Goods up the Sound for the Army, I am Sir [&c.]
Nathl Shaw Junr
1. Washington Papers, LC.