Sir Philadelphia Jany 21st.1780 Inclosed is an Contract of Intelligence received through the most -authentic Channel and may be relied on The peculiar Interest which our Country has in some part of it determined us to give the earliest advice in our power to you her presiding Magistrate, relying on your Vigilance for every thing that [inserted: can] possibly be done to frustrate the designs of the Enemy - we flatter ourselves that attract attention even to the most minute Movements of the disaffected, which we know you will cause to be kept up, will prevent the advantage which they hope for from that ill Judging class of our Citizens, and from our Negroes and should they attempt to invade or penetrate any part of our Country, we have no doubt of hearing, that the Vigor and Valor of [inserted: our people] [illegible]ty will be exerted against them with decisive [2] Success. but we cannot help wishing that the Scene of action may be forever removed from our own State, and that the Enemy may be met in their most distant approach by a force sufficient to give them an Effectual Check - Our apprehensions on the article of Arms made us Enquire if any Succors of that kind could be sent from this place, but [inserted: we] can derive no hope from the Result. Virginia has lately had an Acquisition of five thousand Stand, and we doubt not she will assist us if we shall be iminently threatened. It would give us great Satisfaction to learn that the long expected supplies of this kind are arrived for we should have no fears from such a force as the Enemy can employ against our particular State if the Militia were Compleatly armed - The Virginia Line which is on its march to reinforce the Southern army will be, we hope, at least time enough to come to the Relief of Charleston should it be invested at all Events to check them in their approach to our Country - We are well informed that the German Princes have [inserted: refused] Troops to great Britain, and even permission to recruit in their dominions - [3] We have no other matter of Important Intelligence to Communicate at present and for Ordinary Occurances beg leave to refer you to the enclosed papers - We have the honor to be Your Excellency's ob.t Serv.ts John Penn Thos. Burke Allen Jones [address leaf] His Excell.y Richard Caswell esq.r [docket] 30 No. Carolina Delegates in Congress, Phila. 21.st Jan. 1780 recd 14. Feb.