Committee Hall, Portsmouth August 13, 1775. The Committee of Safety finding it inconsistent with the Peace and good Order of this Town, that any further communication should be kept up between the Ship Scarborough and the Town,

Therefore Voted, That henceforward no Boats pass or repass from the said Ship or the Town of New-Castle without a Permit from this Committee, or the Select-Men or Committee of New-Castle.

By order of the Committee:

We are credibly inform'd, that in Consequence of the above Vote, Capt. [Andrew] Barkley of the Scarborough, has stopped all our Shipping, outward and inward bound.