sir, his excellency general washington desires you will inform your self how soon, there can be procured, or built, at kennebec, two hundred light bateaux capable of carrying six or seven men each, with their provisions & baggage, (say 100 wt. to each man) the boats to be furnished with four oars two paddles & two setting poles each, the expense of building them & whether a sufficient quantity of nails can be procured with you.