Your Excelincy, i am told by letter from Capt. Montgomery¹ is displeased that the pay master² is not come up to pay the People, I told the navy Board³ that your Excelincy Requested, that he might go up when I arived at this place, & like wise spoke to the pay master to the same purpose, he gave me to understand That he should go soon, & as he is under the command of the navy Board & not me, I left it with them To dispatch him off, I Should be glad if your Excelincy could spare 20 or 30 of the men with Two Liu^ts: to come down here, to assist in geting Two of the Galleys & a Sloop up. that lays in a Daingerous way if thay are not got up soon, we Have got two up allready with what Captains We Have here, but can not manage to get Up the Others without more Assistance, & if your Excelincy thinks Proper, when those men comes down, we will get all The Galleys up & Clean them out, & Can have them Ready to Sink should the Enemy come up this way Again,⁴ but I think there's but little dainger of it As its Thought they will soon take their leave of Us, I wish i had it in my Power to give them a Scowering Before they get out of the river, & I am certen had we But our Fleet on Floate & manned thay would be Obliged to leave some more of them behind.

Here is nothing new to Inform your Excelincy of For all our news comes from your way & having Not to add am your Exc^ys [&c.]