Copy of Intelligence given to Captain Walter Griffith by M^r. William Stacey, Master's Mate of the Carysfort. 

On the 6^th. of April I was taken and put onshore at the Port of Bedford,² where I found fourteen Sail of British Ships made Prizes of by the Rebel Privateers, with four Sail of American Privateers. On the 17^th. Of April I arrived at Boston, and on the 24^th. were sent in by the Rebels three large Ships with very valuable Cargoes. Arrived on the 3^d: of May a French Ship with dry Goods³ and the Cumberland of 20 Guns;⁴ on the 5^th. two Privateers, a french Brig with dry Goods from Bordeaux,⁵ and one French Frigate of 36 Guns and 300 Men,⁶ mostly American prisoners. On the 6^th. this Frigate careened Ship; and was to sail on the 7^th: On the 8^th. three large French Ships and Snows (laden with dry Goods and mounting from twenty to ten Guns each) and some Merchant Ships from Bordeaux and Bilboa, laden also with dry Goods, arrived at Boston.—There were twenty Sail of Armed Vessels in the Port, mounting from 28 to 20 and 12 Guns each, most of them fit for Sea, and had chiefly British Seamen onboard. 

From very diligent Inquiry I found the general Prayers of the People in Boston were for the King's Troops to relieve them from their Oppression. 

On my Arrival at Bedford, I found a very current Report of the Coast from that Quarter being lined with Rebel Troops and Cannon; but having four Days to examine the above-mentioned place, I found a Fort to stand on the East Side of the Harbour with two Guns in it, and in the Town four Field Pieces, where there were six Officers and four Privates; And in the Battery two Officers and six Men in order to row Guard when Ships came in. In travelling one hundred and thirty Miles of this Country, I did not observe more than forty Men, and most of them very old.