[Exeter] Friday Jany 5th 1776.
Voted. That Capt. Titus Salter & Capt. Eliphalet Daniel be appointed to go over to the Isles of Shoals and Inform all the Inhabitants there that it is the opinion of this Congress that the situation of said Islands are such that the Inhabitants are expos'd to our enemies in the Present unhappy controversie and may be obliged (by their weak Defenceless circumstances & Inability to Defend themselves) to assist our enemies, and that for said reasons it is absolutely Necessary that they should Imediately remove with their effects to the main Land to such place or places as they shall chuse & to tarry During the present Dispute ー and provided they neglect to comply herewith for the Term of ten days after this Notice That they be Informed that they must be bro't off by authority.
1. Bouton, ed., Documents and Records of New Hampshire, VII, 709.