doi:10.7916/zch2-r589Document, 1779 October 20correspondencetextUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Jay, John, 1745-1829His dispatches, containing important intelligence of their situation, were intercepted, and he thinks this will only encourage the British and their Indian allies. Feels that morale in his department is very low. In erecting fortifications he has had to use makeshift arrangement.