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Lt. Col. Samuel Blangden has obtained clothing and Col. Elisha Sheldon is looking for horses; Gen Casimir Pulaski has authorized recruiting, but no money has been sent; Capt. Ezekial Belden has reported on recruiting in Connecticut; complications paying for breeches; lack of money and supplies; question re: discharge of dragoons providing they find substitutes.

Letter from Culper (Abraham Woodhull) is delayed; Tallmadge thinks it is fault of the dispatch carriers working with Lt. Caleb Brewster; will make inquiries at Fairfield; asks for instructions concerning Gen. Charles Scott's plan for regular delivery of Culper's letters; Culper aprehensive about security.

Col. Elisha Sheldon has ordered that horses unfit for dragoon service be sent elsewhere; 50 men are without mounts; Tallmadge asks whether new horses are to be bought or supplied; shortage of blankets and cloaks.

Forwards vial and instructions for Culper (Abraham Woodhull); news of secret British troop movements; prospects for peace; Tories selling their estates; high interest rates of British government loans; Culper's pay and hazards of delivering his dispatches; plan for agent on State Island; Culper receives a bad fright; asks for more ink; has given intelligence of British move towards New London; Long Island infested with robbers; Culper's letters forwarded to Gen. Israel Putnam; all instructions for Culper must go through Tallmadge.

Arms for 2nd Continental Light Dargoons are unavailable for Litchfield or Springfield; part of the regiment will have to serve on foot; suggestions for recruiting approved by Gen. Robert Howe.

Forwards dispatches from Culper Sr. (Abraham Woodhull) and Culper Jr. (Robert Townsend); feasibility of continuing Culper's communications in winter; Tallmadge does not know where his regiment will be quartered; Mr. Jackson can carry dispatches to Gen. enoch Poor.

Letter partially in cipher; Tallmadge is going to Litchfield to fetch dragoons; intelligence of enemy ships in Long Island Sound; encloses letter from Culper (Abraham Woodhull).

Sends return of British light infantry on east Long Island; Culper's (Abraham Woodhull) letters delayed due to lack of special ink; Col. Elisha Sheldon wants horses for his regiment; Tallmadge will go to Fairfield and forward Culper's letter from there.

Has dispatches from Culper Sr. (Abraham Woodhull) and Culper Jr. (Robert Townsend): mentions robberies at Setauket and Gov. George Clinton's proclamation against them; robbers have chased boat carrying Culper's dispatches; Col. William Floyd has been plundered and Mr. Seaton, and Englishman.

Tallmadge has given recruiting orders to officers of the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons; some have been enlisted from militia drafts; Col. Elisha Sheldon on leave; asks Washington to have $10,000 recruting money sent by Heinrich Helmerhausen.