Pha. 9th Oct. 81
Dear Sr.
Your favour of the 28th Ult. & 5th instant came to hand yesterday I shall answer them by Capt Swan in a day or two - at present I have not any thing to communicate to you excepting the arival of Com’odore Gillon in the Charles Town Frigate to the Eastward loaded I believe with cloathing, &c for our army.
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Several other Vessells it is said are arivd with him from Holland. My respects to your Lady, Dr Sr
Yrs allways & Affectionately,
Danl Carroll
P.S. It is reported that some of the British forces have embarked again at N. York. NOTES:
Receiver’s copy, Lee, Horsey, and Carroll Papers deposit (1985), Maryland Historical Society.
1 Commodore Alexander Gillon had arrived in Casco Bay with specie and supplies from France, for which see the following entry; Edmund Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, this date; and these Letters, 11:38.