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Inclosed is a Copy of a Letter I received last^{2 O clock
this morning}night by express __ the original I sent Forwarded
to Col^o . Woodford in order to hasten his March;
that we may as soon as possible, get down to
the Releif of our poor distrest Countrimen
in the Lower parts __ this small success of his
Lordships may probably tempt him to attack
us _ I wish to god it may _ tho for my own
part, I can assure you gentlemen _ I wou[l]d
rather burn the Towns of Norfolk, [Gosport],
& portsmouth, than hurt th a hair of ^his Lordsh=
ip's head __ as I am satisfied it wou[l]d be of
more ^[real] advantage to the Country __ the Towns
being a nest of Tories, who may in some mea=
sure injure us) [illegible] and his Lordship __ a Toll-
that never can

The great bridge [illegible][ferry]
davenport informs one is
certainly taken up ~

Edmund Pendleton Esqr
Presidt of the Committee
Of
Safety

Maj^r Spotswood
16^th Nov^r