Boston 23 May 1776
Gentn
Genl [Artemas] Ward desires you would provide proper boarding and lodging for Mr.John Aleaster, a Midshipman who is a prisoner of war, he is to be confined to the town of Concord until further orders, and the expence of his decent support is to be charged to the Continent and paid by order from the commander in chief of the Continental Troops at Boston I am &c.
Joseph Ward A.D.C.
1. General Ward's Orderly Book, Joseph Ward Papers, ChHS.