Dr. Sir:
Conceiving you would be put to your shifts on your Southern Command, we have mustered up a piece of Linnen the best we have, tho' not fit for a Major General; we will endeavor to send another by Waggon.
Our affairs to the Southward look blue—so they did when you took the Command before the Burgoynade. I can only say, Go & do likewise. God bless you &, believe me,