[undecipherable] [undecipherable] on July 9^th 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] numack arrived on the [undecipherable] with part of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] undied companies, having left an Officer and twenty men at Fort Know; so that all the men I can expect are here now, except those with General Butler. by this time it is to be hoped that those from the Eastward have joined him. Should no addition have been made to them since his last return, the fit for duty would amount to 1261 exclusive of non Commiss^d Officers when joined to what are here; So that when the remaining part of the first and Second Regiments and the rest of the Forces come forward we Shall have very nearly the estimated force, and there will be no occasion much to diminish it by garrisoning this place which besides the [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] the probable position [undecipherable]