CAPTAIN JOSEPH MORRIS TO LORD STIRLING.

Hanover, December 11, 1775.

MY LORD: I have not seen Lieutenant-Colonel Winds since I left Elizabethtown. Have not money to buy arms, one equal half of my company have none; nor have I received the cloth for the soldiers; have sent Mr. Brown, my Second Lieutenant, to town after it, and to wait on your Lordship for orders. I understand by Major De Hart that my son's commission is not come. If it should be thought proper by your Lordship, I would wait on Mr. Tucker for it. My Lord, there is nearly one-half my company in the old uniform, (and likewise Captain Howell's,) and seem very much opposed to altering it, as they have red waistcoats, and not able to get white.

I am with great esteem, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

JOSEPH MORRIS.

To Lord Stirling.

COMMITTEE OF BARNARD'S TOWNSHIP, NEW-JERSEY.

Committee of Barnard's Township, New-Jersey, December 11, 1775.

Whereas Nathaniel Haten, of the Township of Barnard, in the County of Somerset, and Province of New-Jersey, was brought before the Committee of said town-ship as being suspected of being an enemy to the liberties of America, and upon examination, it appears to us, the said Committee, that the said Nathaniel Haten is an enemy to the liberties of America, and all persons are hereby desired to take notice, and have no more dealings or commerce with the said Nathaniel Haten, otherwise they will expose themselves to the resentment of the friends of American liberty, and will be dealt with accordingly.

By order of the Committee:

HENRY ALWAUD, Chairman.

ISAAC NICOLL TO JOHN McKESSON.

Goshen, December 11, 1775.

SIR: Some time ago there was application made to Congress for commissions for Goshen Minute Company, of which Moses Hetfield was chosen Captain; but there are no commissions yet to hand, which makes some uneasiness in the company, as they are ordered to go to the Battery in the Highlands to relieve Captain Wisnor's company, the 27th of this instant. I should be glad if you would send the commissions by the post.

From your humble servant,

ISAAC NICOLL.

To John McKesson, Esq., at New-York.

GOVERNOUR COOKE TO GENERAL, WASHINGTON.

Providence, December 11, 1775.

SIR: I do myself the honour to address this letter to you by Mr. Penet, and another French gentleman, who arrived here last night, in Captain Rhodes, from Cape Frangois, who was despatched some time since from this place for powder. Mr. Penet comes extremely well re-commended to our Committee for providing powder from a merchant of character at the Cape. He hath proposals to make for supplying the United Colonies with arms and warlike stores. I am informed that the other gentleman is a person of some consequence. I beg leave to introduce them to your Excellency, and to assure you that I am with great respect, sir, your most obedient and most humble servant,

NICHOLAS COOKE.

To General Washington.

GENERAL WASHINGTON TO THE COMMITTEE OF SYMSBCRY.

Cambridge, December 11, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: The prisoners which will be delivered you with this, having been tried by a court-martial, and deemed to be such flagrant and atrocious villains that they cannot by any means be set at large or confined in any place near this camp, were sentenced to be sent to Symsbury, in Connecticut. You will therefore be pleased to have them secured in your jail, or in such other manner as to you shall seem necessary, so that they cannot possibly make their escape. The charges of their imprisonment will be at the Continental expense.

I am, &c.,

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

ROBERT H. HARRISON TO MAJOR-GENERAL WARD.

Cambridge, December 11, 1775.

SIR: I am commanded by his Excellency to enclose to your care the letter which you will herewith receive for the Committee at Symsbury. Should there be any of the Connecticut troops at Roxbury, which are going that way, and with whom the prisoners can be trusted, you will get them to take charge of them, as it will save some expense; but if you are of opinion that there will be the least risk of their getting away, you will send them off under a proper guard, with a copy of their sentence for the Committee.

I am, sir, yours, &c.,

R. H. HARRISON, A. D. C.

To Major-General Ward.

ROBERT H. HARRISON TO THOMAS CRAFTS.

Cambridge, December 11, 1775.

SIR: I have it in command from his Excellency to inform you that the Majority in the regiment of artillery is now vacant, and that he would wish you to fill it in preference to any other person. You will please to signify to him whether you incline to accept it, as soon as you conveniently can.

I am, sir, your most obedient servant,

R. H. HARRISON, A. D. C.

To Thomas Crafts, Jun., Esq.

WILLIAM BARTLETT TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Beverly, December 11, 1775.

SIR: I beg leave to enclose your Excellency the petition of the Committee of Correspondence of this town, where they set forth the situation of it in a very clear light, and pray your Excellency would hear and answer the same, if you in your great wisdom think it necessary.

Those valuable prizes, brought in here, are much exposed, as we have nothing to defend them with. Our harbour is as safe as any can be, where there is water sufficient to bring in such vessels. Our forts and breastworks, built at the town's expense, would not only protect the prizes, but the town, if we had guns and ammunition to put in them. Therefore, pray your Excellency would hear the petition not only for the relief of the town, but to preserve that interest now belonging to the Continent.

And am, with the greatest respect, your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant,

WILLIAM BARTLETT.

To his Excellency General Washington.

Beverly, December 11, 1775.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: The petition of us, the subscribers, humbly showeth: That as the high hand of Ministerial cruelty hath brought us into a most unnatural war with our mother country, by which means the town of Beverly is much exposed to their most unnatural, savage-like cruelty, (the town lying more than four miles on the sea-coast, and a great part of that way convenient for landing,) the inhabitants of this town, with the assistance of some of the neighbouring towns, have thrown up breast-works in several of the most advantageous places within the same, and have no cannon or ammunition, or next akin to none, to support them with. And what renders us more obnoxious to their most unnatural cruelty and vengeance is, that the Continental privateers, and others, make this harbour their place of rendezvous, and have of late brought into this harbour a number of very valuable prizes, which we think are very much exposed to the enemy, as also, the town in general. Therefore, your petitioners humbly pray that your Excellency would be graciously pleased to give us some relief under our most difficult and distressed circumstances, and let us have, if you in your wisdom think best, two nine-pounders, or one twelve-pounder, with a suitable quantity of ammunition for the same; and those two six-pounders and a half barrel of powder, and about twenty balls, on board of the ship Jenny, and those two