Williamsburg May 11.th 1776. Sir. Upon consulting with General Howe, I find it will be most conducible to the Service, to order your Militia to Halifax, where they shall receive further orders from me. The difference of the Continental Establishment, and that of the Province, will occasion, I am afraid, much confusion, - for instance, the pay of the Artillery here is two shillings per diem - that of the Artillery in the Army to the Eastward no more than other Soldiers & if we should attempt to reduce it, This Company so essentially necessary for the Service, will consequently be disolved, and to propose the augmentation of it to the Congress wou'd appear perhaps unreasonable, as it wou'd put them under the necessity of raising the pay of this Corps universally. I therefore, Sir, must beg leave to lay my perplexity on this head before the Convention. Mr. Agnew who was lately tryed by the Committee, and is allowed to be a most irreclaimable Enemy, was seen [inserted: the day] before the Enemy made their last predatory expedition to Hog Island, in consultation with Mr Holt a suspected Tory on the very scene of their depredations - should a Man so dangerous, be sufferr'd at large? a Mr. Wright in Glocester as I am informed do, and has done much mischief. I am Sir with the greatest Respect, Your most obt. hum:bl Servant Charles Lee [address leaf] Gen Edmund Pendleton President of the Convention.