Philadelphia Novr 16th 1776
[Extract]
Sir, I should be glad to be informed immediately whether Two Frigates can be built in Providence to be launched about the same Time the next as the other 2 were the last Spring; and whether the same Commee would undertake agai_n to collect Materials and undertake the Building of them &c —
1. Letters to the Governor, 1776, vol. 8, R.I. Arch.
2. Continental frigates Providence and Warren.
