Council Chamber [Watertown,] Jany 20th 1776
Gentlemen We have sent to your care Archibald Bowie and Madatt Engs Masters of the two Vessels lately taken and carried into Newbury port, 2 and you are requested to see that the Abovemention'd persons do not go without the Limits of sd Town, and if you see cause therefor you are desired to confine sd persons or either of them 'till the further order of the Council ー
In the Name & by Ordr of the Council
W Severs
To The Committee of Safety Newbury Port
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 194, 223.
2. The ship Friends, and the brig Sukey.