Sir, Agreeable to your request I have sent a Ser^gt & Corporal & eighteen Men with the Guard to take The Marshall having order'd the remainder of the People found to be sent on to the City of Burlington, it is probable he may take the Corporal & four men as an escort who will rejoin the other party on their return from said place — If practicable I wish the five nine pounders (of which an order was left with Mr Harris some time since) may be sent on by the return of this party — Your Ob^d Ser^t Theod Meninge[undecipherable] Lieut Comm^d Sent Hodgdon Esq^r — I have order'd Serg^t Harville to land his men on the Island & await your orders — [Address panel: Fort [undecipherable], 1^st August 1790] [Addressed to: Samuel [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Military Stores / Philad^a]