Jonathan Trumbull to the American Commissioners
LS: American Philosophical Society; copy: Library of Congress
<Hartford, May 29, 1778: This comes by Capt. Robert Niles of
the Spy, a state schooner, who brings dispatches from Congress.
Lead is in short supply here; please load as much on
the Spy as the Captain thinks wise, and advance him what he
needs for his expenses and wages.>
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