Head Quarters, West-point, August 12, 1779
Dear Sir:
You will see by the inclosed letter to Lord Stirling, which you will be pleased to deliver him, the footing upon which the affair1 is placed. If upon conferring with him, the enterprise is judged eligible, it will be carried into execution.
I am, etc.2
1 Attack on Powles Hook.
2 The draft is in the writing of James McHenry.