Copy of a Letter from Major DELANCY D.A. Genl. to Governor FRANKLIN dated Head Quarters Novr. 18th 1780-

Sir

As the Post at Bergen Point was taken at your Request, and as all Commissions granted to the Officers of the Corps of Refugees there were through your Recommendation.

The Commander in Chief orders me to say that he thinks you should be authorized to give such Orders and Directions as you shall think proper for the Security of the Place, which the Officers concerned are hereby ordered to obey.

I have the Honor to be
Your Obedient Servant
Ol. DELANCEY
D.A. Gl.

Great Britain, Public Record Office, Colonial Office, Class 5, Volume 82, folio 64.

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