Sir:
You have enclosed a warrant on the Treasury for $5,000, which I request you will immediately apply to the purchasing Flour & Grain for the Continental Troops and Militia who may march your way to the Southward; you will also be pleased to supply them with Flesh provisions from the public Stock. I should have wrote you on this subject sooner, but it was 'til very lately altogether uncertain if these articles would be necessary at Cross Creek. Let me entreat you to give every assistance in your power to the Troops on their march. Col. Lamb, with a party of the hired men by the Militia, will, I expect, be with you in 10 days, or a fortnight at farthest.