Excerpt from Patrick Henry Life, Correspondence and Speeches, Vol. 3 Sir: I arrived here last night found the Troops in tol crable good condition. The Inhabitants are pretty quiet. But from the small Distance that separates them from the Enemy, the officers think it necessary for the Troops to per form Duty that is very severe. Understanding that a large Ship Sloop were in the Bay abt 15 Miles below, I thought it advisable to order out a party of Soldiers to make Discovery, bring them in if possible. Capt Barron accordingly set out with 20 men in a swift sailing Vessel has brot in a Sloop from Turks Island having on board 900 Bushels Salt, a pcice or two of Popus Irish Linens, a few other articles. The Sloop is just now brot within the Bar, her Cargo waits the Dispo sitiou of the Convention. The Ship is very suspicious. I can't form a probable guess whether she is a friend or a Foe. I shall order out another party very early in the morning to attempt something with her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.