[Watertown] Friday, December 29, 1775
Mr Speaker read to the House A Letter from William Watson, Esqr dated Plymouth Decr 27, 1775 informing him of the Capture of a Sloop bound to Boston from New York, loaded with Pork Beef Geese Apples &c. sent by Govr Tryon and taken by a Plymouth Privateer accompenying a number of Prisoners sent to this Court under the charge of Mr Elkanah Bartlet.
1. Journal of the House of Representatives, Mass. Arch.