[Watertown] Thursday November 9th 1775
Letter from his Excelly Genl Washington [November 9, 1775] relative to the Caption [Capture] of a Vessel & two Persons, John Ritchie & son, Read & Ordered that the said Ritchie & son be immediately sent to the Goal in Salem, & to be held in close confinement unless they produce sufficient sureties for the Liberty of the Yard, and that the following mittimus go to the keeper of said Goal accordingly ー
1. Executive Records of the Council, Mass. Arch.
