Boston 14th Novr 1776
Sir
I have the honour to Congratulate Your Excellency on the Acquisition lately made by the Arm'd Schooners Franklin & Hancock of a Brig bound from Scotland to [New] York with a Cargo Calculated to make the Winters Campaign more Comfortable to Your Army 2 I Should have forwarded the particulars to your Excellency but General Ward has the Manifest now Copying to forward if Your Excelly should have Occasion for any of the Liquors l shall Esteem it an honor to receive orders to forward them being with all due respect Yr Excelly [&c.]
J B —
1. John Bradford Letter Book, vol. 1, LC.
2. The brigantine Lively, Nicholas Martindale master, with a cargo valued at £25,000 sterling and sent into Boston on November 13.
