[Boston] 7th [March, 1775]
The Hope Schooner sailed for Rhode Island with a Quantity of Arms and Ammunition on Board, sent by General [Thomas] Gage to Colonel [Thomas] Gilbert; and the Admiral directed Captain [James] Wallace to convey them to Free Town or Assonet River, with as much Secrecy and Dispatch as could be.
1. Graves's Conduct, I, 60, MassHS Transcript.