Providence, Decemr 19th 1775
[Extract]
I have your Excellency's Letter of the 17th which I have laid before the General Committee. Should the Force sailed from Boston be destined for Rhode Island, I tremble for the Consequences, as the Colony, in its present exhausted State, cannot without Assistance defend the Island...
[P.S.] Capt. Wallace hath hinted to some of his Friends that he expects a Reinforcement daily.
1. Washington Papers, LC.