Head Quarters, Prekaness, October 22, 1780
Dear Sir: I think it more than probable that your Corps will be ordered to the southward, I would therefore have you, agreeable to your late request, send an Officer to Philaria. to provide accoutrements and Cloathing: If the Officer will call upon me, I will give him a letter to the Board of War upon the subject.
I am &c.
1 The draft is in the writing of Tench Tilghman.