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Sir

By a letter from Majr General Greene who is stationed on the Jersey side of the North River his Excellency is informed, that six officers belonging to Privateers who had been taken by the Enemy and made their escape report that Seventy Sail of Transports and Ships have fallen down to Red Hook, having on board about three thousand Troops, and that their destination, as given out, is to Rhode Island. His Excellency supposing there is such an embarkation does not apprehend that the expedition will be to the Eastward; he inclines to think that it will be to the Southward, and that some thing may be attempted there by way of a Winter's Campaign. However, he has thought proper to transmit the intelligence to you and Governor Cooke, that you may be on your guard, and have such precautions taken as may appear most likely to counteract their design in case they should attempt a descent ...