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Dear sir I waited on General Washington Saturday Morning last [December 2] & prayed him to furnish me with [a few] pieces of Cannon to help hoist the number I [intend] for the Privateer we intend fixing, the Plan pleased him but he assured me it was not then in his Power to assist me  since which I have several Times conversed with General Gates on the Subject & this Afternoon he promised...
Date: 5 December 1775
Volume: Volume 2