War Department September 9, 179[undecipherable: probable reading 2] Sir, Will you be so good as to inform the British Minister that the [undecipherable] Brig [undecipherable: probable reading Demorasse] and [undecipherable: probable reading Caramagonais] went into New London as a [undecipherable] the Brig Nancy of Jamaica; — that the Governor of Connecticut having [undecipherable: probable reading possessed] himself of the said Brig by a [undecipherable: probable reading party] of Militia was ready to deliver her up to her Master or Owner at the time of her [undecipherable: probable reading capture] but that no such persons have appeared, and that in this case the Governor will deliver her to the [undecipherable] or the Minister I have the honour to be with great Respect Sir Your Humble Servant [signature] [signature] The Secretary of State