[Watertown] Thursday, May 11, 1775. Noon
Information being made to this Congress that two Men-of-War, with Troops, had sailed from Boston to New-York, with a design, as it is supposed, of frustrating a deign of the inhabitants of that Colony and Connecticut, to secure the Arms and Ammunition now in the Fort at New-York.
Ordered, That Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry, Colonel [James] Warren, and Col. [Benjamin] Lincoln, be a Committee to prepare a Letter to the Committee of Correspondence of New York, informing them of the sailing of the said Men-of-War, and inserting such articles therein, as will put the people upon their guard against any attempt that may be made against them by said Ships.
Ordered, That this Committee prepare said Letter, and forward it forthwith, without waiting to report to this Congress, said Committee laying before this Congress, as soon as may be, a copy of said Letter.