He explained that he was hopeful of assistance fromi
Captain Gay ton (then at Boston in command of a prize
taken from the French, who was to- take a load of mastsi
for Admiral Knowles in June but was meanwhile at liberty) ,
and of Warren's approval of his giving it. He expected
further to secure three twenty-gun privateers, the province
snow, the Rhode Island and Connecticut sloops, and as
many cruisers in addition as possible from the New York,
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island governm'ents. Also' he was
sending an appeal for aid to Virginia where he had heard
there were stationed two English ships of forty and twenty
guns, respectively. In this connection he begged Warren
to send orders to them to proceed directly to his aid. He
suggested that Warren's vessels proceed to Canso, which
was to be the rendezvous, where a detachment of troops and
information would be found.
