[Falmouth, October 15.]
[Extract]
On Sunday a report prevailed in town that the fleet were at Townsend, and had taken a number of sheep from a neighboring island, and that in consequence of some opposition, one or two buildings were consumed by fire These reports induced the people to conclude that the design of this equipment was only to procure provisions for the forces in Boston, who were now represented as in a starving condition
1. Falmouth Collection, MeHS.