If my order of the 12th Inst. respecting the magazine of provision at Fort Pitt did not explicitly declare that the quantity there directed to be laid up by the first of May is to be over and above the necessary supplies for the troops in that quarter I now inform you that this was my meaning—and I have further to desire that you will form a magazine under like circumstances, and for the same time (that is four months) for one thousand men at Sundbury on Susquehannah.

For particular reasons, I think it advisable, that the magazine at Pittsburg should be drawn from the frontiers of Virginia, and the parts of Pennsylvania contiguous to that post—And that the supplies for Sunburry be drawn from the west side of the susquehannah. You will consult the quarter master General on the means of transportation that no disappointment may take place in either of these cases.1

General Bayley having repeatedly expressed his fears on account of the provisions which have been laid up at Co’ho’s, I am to repeat my desire (if you have not already done it) that you will cause the same to be removed lower down the Connecticut river, so as to be out of reach of any sudden excursion of the enemy from Canada.

You will furnish me with returns of the provisions, and other articles in your department which are on hand, the first day of every month, and where they lie. Given at Middlebrook this 14th day of Febry 1779.