[119] me to dispatch Cap Jemm Jackson to pursue him his report of his Journey I beg leave to lay before the Board & to request Instruction as to the Steps that may now be necessary for me to take in Apprehending Phelen Sam [undecipherable] The Honourable The Board of Treasury New York August 30. 1786 Sir In the 9^th Instant I pursued Cap John Phelen agreeable to your Instructions. [undecipherable: probable reading "Took"] the road to Lemon point by the way of N^o 4 — at Concord in Massachusetts I was in-formed by Cap. Bliss who was perfectly acquainted with Phelen that he passed this Town on Sunday the 18 July which was the Morning he absconded — at Littleton a Town about 12 Miles from Concord he tarried the day and night, but discovered the greatest Anxiety to get forward pleading for an Excuse that he had a Brother Sick at Cadees which required his immediate presence. that inform when I had from one Hedden a Tavern Keeper, where he lodged & who appeared to me to be an intelligent man. I received no information that I could depend on after this untill I arrived at Lake Champlain which was not untill the 20^th my Journey being [undecipherable] to only imped by bad roads and the Circumstances I was Obliged to take to gain intelligence. after my being at Lake Champlain five days I was informed at Cl[undecipherable]