The Committee of both Houses appointed to wait on General Washington to acquaint him with the Subject Matter of the Representation made by the Committee of Safety of Newburyport have attended that Service, and are inform'd by his Excellency that it is his purpose to have [some] armed Vessells fitted out immediately on the Pay of the Continent for the purpose of cruising along the Coast That he intends to furnish Men for this business from the Army, as he has a sufficient Number Qualified, therefore he therefore declines taking the vessell referd to in the aforementiond Representation into the Continental Service.
B Greenleaf pr Order
In Council Octor 4th 1775 ー
Read & accepted ー sent down for Concurrence
Perez Morton Dpy Secry
1. Mass Arch. vol. 180, 165a, 165b.
