Georgetown May 6th 1775.
To the Honnorable Congress of the Province of the Macechusetts Bay,
Gent ー The Committees of Inspection of Georgetown Woolwich have Mett & Resolved that it was not Expediant to moove the Masts lying in the Dock in Georgetown that Edward Perrey Esqr had Contracted for, inasmuch as he Decllard he would not Ship said Masts nor hew them ー The Committees of Safaty from ten Towns in the County of Lincoln Met & Resolved that it was not Expediant to Moove said Masts or Injury Edward Parry Esqr ー Notwithstanding, Colo [Samuel] Thomson of Brunswick thought otherwise, and hath taken said Perrey Prisoner, & Declard he would Moove the Masts or Destroy them, so that the said Perrey was Obliged to get Bondsmen of two Thousand Pounds that he would not Depart Georgetown or Ship sd Masts by him self or any other or write to any Officer in the Navy or Army till the Will & Pleasure of the Congress should be made known to Messrs Dumr Sewall & Jordan Parker who a[re] Bound for sd Perrey: he the sd Colo Obliged the said Parry to pay 42/ Cost ー I therefore Humbly Pray that your Will may be made known to the said Dummer & Jorden, as soon as may be that the said Perrey may be releived & the Bondmen Liberated their large Bondsー
I am your Honnours Harty Freind & Humble Servent
Dumr Sewall
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 137, 28.