State of New Hampshire — In Committe of Safety August 1st 1777 —
Sir
The Bearer hereof Leiut [Thomas] Lyford dispatched from the Northern Army after Deserters, has been informed that there are Several of those Deserters on Board the Raleigh: I am directed by the Committee to request your Aid in their being delivered to him — I am sir [&c.]
M Weare Chairn
1. John Langdon Papers, Captain J.G.M. Stone Private Collection, Annapolis.
