Saratoga Octr 17th 1776
Dear Colonel
Our Fleet has been engaged with the Enemy and they have obliged us to quit the Lake with the Loss of the greater part of our Vessels ー The Militia is ordered up to support the Communication: but the Tardiness of their Motions gives me great and just Cause to apprehend that the Enemy will interrupt our Supplies ー It is therefore of the greatest Moment that you march with all Dispatch to Fort George and only to bring on your Tents.2 I am Dear Sir [&c.]
Ph: Schuyler.
1. Schuyler Papers, Letters & Orders, 18 April, 1776 ー 28 June, 1777, NYPL.
2. Dayton's regiment was stationed at Fort Schuyler, protecting the settlers in the Mohawk Valley.
