[Boston] 1776 Jany 15
It was now agreed between the Generals and the Admiral that the Kitty Transport should go to New York with General [Henry] Clinton under Convoy of the Mercury and that the Falcon should proceed to Cape Fear alone. And the Admiral having acquainted Rear Admiral Shuldham that he should on the Morrow direct him to take all the Kings Ships to the Southward of Boston under his Command, sent Captains Graeme and [John] Linzee Orders to wait upon him for his Dispatches thither, and directed Captain Linzee to proceed without the Kitty Transport and to return her sealed Rendezvous, she being put under the Convoy of Captain Graeme.
1. Graves's Conduct, II, 28-29, BM.