Dear General,

I have received your Favours of the 7th & 10th Instant, and am pleased to find You, and your Armada, ride in Valcour Bay, in defiance of the power of Our Foes in Canada; The Liberty arrived last Night, and sails this Moment with the provisions you wrote for, and some of Mr Yauncy's best Beef. ー I have long ago urged the necessity for Continuing to Increase Our Naval Strength upon the Lake, and shall now send your Letter to General Schuyler, and desire him to make such Extract from it, as if further requisite to induce Congress to direct the forwarding that Useful Work.ー

No News, is good News; for, except what is in the inclosed paper, I know none to send You. ー I firmly believe that the beating the Enemy received from Our Troops, upon Monday the 16th Ulto, & the Fire of New York, have cooled their Ardour so much that it remains a doubt with me whether General Howe will make Another Attempt before he gets Succours from England; perhaps his Foreign and National Troops have disagreed; perhaps he waits fresh Instructions from His Master. ー Whatsoever is the Cause of his Inaction, it is quite Certain, he has given Our Army Three Weeks to Form their Blockade of New York, and to Strengthen their posts in such a Manner, as not to be Forced but with Greater Loss than I think General Howe Can Afford.ー

Inclosed is a Resolve of Congress, which when put into Execution will Establish their Independcy: and effectually, and forever, put a period to the Domination of Great Britain.-

My respectfull Compliments to General Waterbury & Colonel Wigglesworth. ー I am Dear General Your Affectionate [&c.]