Saturday 16 [September 1775]
This morning the whole detachment arrived, dispatch'd three Boats to Kennebec, Isle of Shoals & along Shore, to look out for men of War & Cruisers with Orders to give us the earliest intelligence If they discover any on the Coast ー and procured a Quantity of small Swords &c. NN. Contrary Winds.
1. John Hancock Papers, III, 308, LC.