Received his of June 17th. Convention provided defense for country. Two battalions to be stationed in lower part of country. First to be commanded by Patrick Henry, a very improper person, chosen only in opposition to a Scotchman. Captain Woodford, commanding the 2nd regiment, is adequate. 8,000 minute men to be raised. To serve 20 days a year and four days every month. 16 districts to raise 500 each. Governed by a committee chosen from district committees. Gunsmiths to be drafted to work at public expense saltpetre and gunpowder being made. Emission of b600,000 paper currency. Colonel Nelson, Colonel Frances L. Lee, Wythe and Jefferson chosen delegates in places of Washington, Henry, Pendleton and Bland the last two being in bad health. Colonel Bland cleared of suspicions. Convention decided, from Doctor Lee's letters, that is was a mean ministerial trick to injure reputation of Congress. Statistics of troops at Bunker's Hill, Montreal and Castle William. John Page and Mrs. Page of Rosewell here. Had Tucker been here they could have found him an honorable and lucrative port, either civil or military. Too late now.