Westerly [Rhode Island] 14th Decr. 1774
[Extract]
The Letter from Lord Dartmouth and the Copy of the Kings Order in Council Copies of which are enclosed were brought by the Scarborough, received by Express on Wednesday Evening last [December 7] and next Morning laid before the General Assembly. They immediately ordered Copies of them to be sent to Mr. [Thomas] Cushing to be communicated to the [Massachusetts] provincial Congress.2 They ordered the Cannon at our Fort which was not tenable to be sent to Providence where it will be safe and ready for Service; 200 bbls of Powder and a proportionate Quantity of Lead and Flints and several Pieces of brass Cannon for the Artillery Company were ordered to be purchased . . . The Spirit and Ardor with which all this was done gave Me the highest Pleasure.
1. Samuel Ward Papers, RIHS.
2. Copies were also sent to the editor of the Providence Gazette. See December 10, 1774.