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Great Bridge 4th Decem'r 1775

Sir

I am Honour'd with yours of the 1st Inst: per Express
& shall pay due reguard to the recommendations of the
convention upon this as well as every other occation.
I arrived at this place the Day before yesterday, & found
the Enemy Posted on the Opposite side of the Bridge in
a Stockade Fort, with two four pounders, some swivells &
Wall Pieces, with which they keep up a constant Fire,
have done no other damage than Kill’d Corp'l Davis with a
cannon Ball, the Man that was Killed on Lt. Colo. Scotts first
arrival here, & Yesterday Wounded one of the Minute
Men in the Wrist, from all Accts from the other side we
have killed many of them, a Colo [blank] from Carolina
is said to be among the Slain.their Numbers in the Fort
are said to be 250, Chiefly Blacks; commanded by Serjts.
of the Regulars, that act as Officers, & the Scotch Tories of
Norfolk, among them we are told is Parker & [illegible] Capts.
We keep a Capt. 42 men as a Gaurd up on some boath we
have secured down the River about 6 miles, the Enemy
keep a Gaurd of about the same number on the Opposite
side to secure three other Boats they have, between these
partys there is a constant Fire, we have been luckey
enough to recieve no damage, our Officers & Men say they
can discover many fall from the Fire of our Riffles, who