We Have Taken This oppertunity of writing To you by The bearer Hereof Hoping you are in good Health As we are at This Time by The will of god.

Sr we Have the Pleasure to Inform you That The bearer Hereof Isreal relft Potter was Taken Prisnor on board The Washington Commanded by Captain Marlinggal and Caried into Pounchmouth From which Pleace he gained his Libberty after sumtim of Confindment There and he is we Can Ashure you a man That is greatly to be Estemed For his Vallor and Zeal Which he Hath often Shewed For the Cause of his Country. For Atho he was A Prisnor Himself yet he gladly Accepted The oppertunity of being our searvant To go To Relive his brother Souldiers That where [were] in Prison in London Twice and Hath often Expressed The Greatest Desire to Return Again to Amarica but Could Not by Any means Efect it. But we Have sent him unto you and Have Asised [assisted?] him as well as we Could at Present. But as we and many other Friends are very Desirous to Know The True State of Afairs We Desire That he may Return as Soon as Possible As he will be The only Person That Can be Depended upon For That Purpose. For he knows And Hath been in great Part of England and as he Hath A Searvant with him he may Pass Very Safely and we Dought Not But he will. And we Can Asure you That you Have A great many Friends In England who will with us Asist To The utmost of Their Power in all Things. We are well known By The bearer who will give you A Perticular Acount of us. But The sooner he Returns The Better it will be For There is Like To be Troublesum Times in England Very Soon So No more at Present. We are your