[Watertown April 28 1776] 2
In the House of Representatives April [28] 1776 Ordered that [blank space for several names] be a Com'mittee to wait on the Majority of the Honl Council, with the following Message May it please your Honor's The House having with due Attention, And great Satisfaction Considered your Message of April 27th Instant, are of Opinion, it is Expedient, as Soon as may be, to fortify the Town of Hull, & Some of the Islands Adjacent, that may Effectually Secure all the Towns lying within or near the Harbour of Boston and are now about to take under Consideration & determine; what are the most Salutary measures for that purpose
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 137, 68.
2. The da'te is suggested by the fact that so important a message from the Council would have had an almost immediate reply.