Boston 22 Sept 1777
Upon the Representation of the late Attack upon the Ship Gruel at Wiscasset by the Boats of the Rainbow Man of War Orderd that the thanks of this Board be given Colo [William] Jones & the Militia under his Command for their spirited Defence & Protection of the Mast Ship Gruel,2 by which a very valuable Interest has been saved for the State, & the Enemy prevented from making a most important Acquisition3
1. Mass.Arch., vol. 149, 18.
2. In response to Colonel Jones' memorial, the Massachusetts Council allowed for their "spirited exertions and important Services done the State in that Affair, as follows viz. One Colonel Twenty Pounds; Four Captains four Pounds each, Ten Lieutenants three pounds each, and One hundred and fifty five Privates at Two Pounds each; the whole Sum amounting to three hundred and Seventy Six Pounds." Mass.Arch., vol. 38, 68.
3. See Journal of H.M.S. Rainbow, September 9-12.
