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Peter T. Curtenius to New-York Congress

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PETER T˙ CURTENIUS TO NEW-YORK CONGRESS.

New-York, August 3, 1775.

GENTLEMEN: The enclosed is a note I received from Capt˙ Lamb; should be glad to have an order from the Congress about this matter. I have waited on Messrs˙ Murrays about the twenty pieces of duck and sixty pieces of osnaburgh; they request an order from the Congress to the Committee at Elizabethtown.

I have made an inquiry about oars, and can' t find above one hundred and fifty in Town, ninety-seven of which I sent up yesterday; for the remainder, I have contracted

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with Captain Bradley of New-Haven, to deliver them in ten or twelve days.

I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,

PETER T˙ CURTENIUS.

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