Permit me to refer you to the above written duplicate of a Letter which I had the honour of transmitting by Major Spencer. In order to guard against the effects of delay or miscarriage I shall inclose with this another Certified Copy of the Act of Congress of 8th Jany. for suspending the embarkation of General Burgoyne & his Troops. If you shall have received the former, be pleased to order the present Inclosed to be delivered to the Honorable John Adams Esquire.
Congress were yesterday informed by a Paper which I presented to the House from Maj. General Gates, that those Canadians who returned from Saratoga & had been included in the Convention, had been compelled by Sir Guy Carleton to bear Arms; should this intelligence be confirmed it will receive the necessary Consideration.(2)
I have the honour to be, with very great Respect, Honorable Gentlemen, Your most Obedient & Most humble servant, Henry Laurens, President of Congress