[Exeter] Novr 7th 1775.
Voted, That the Port of Piscataqua & Fortresses lately built for the defence of it be supported by this Colony.
That Two hundred men be Enlisted & Employed as Matrosses or Artillery men, Including those already Enlisted & Employed for the support & Defence of the said Fortresses, for the term or space of two months, unless they or any number of them should be discharged sooner by order of the Congress or Committee of Safety for this Colony.
1. Bouton, ed., Documents and Records of New Hampshire, VII, 645, 647.
