Camp at Cambridge Octo 4 1775
Gentlemen,
I am directed by his Excellency General Washington to inform you that he has referr'd the Disposal of the Cargo of the Vessel lately taken within your District to the General Court of this Colony, to whom he has also recommended the brave Captors for a suitable Compensation. He now proposes to equip the Vessels as Ships of War & immediately to Send them on a Cruize, or if these Vessels are not fit for the Service to exchange them for others. For which Purpose he has dispatched Colo [John] Glover, & as it will not only be a Protection for the Coast but probably greatly distress the Enemy, his Excellency requests your kind Assistance to Colo Glover in managing this Business ー
I am, by His Excellency's Orders most respectfully, Gentlemen &c.
J R
1. Washington Papers, LC. The Salem committee had charge of the schooner Industry, which, while brought into Marblehead, had been taken around to Salem harbor. The Gloucester committee was in charge of the brig Dolphin.
