As there is a probability that several of the deluded People now in Arms against their Sovereign may attempt to ravage the Country in the Neighbourhood of Fort Cumberland, or some other Part of Nova Scotia, it is extremely necessary that the utmost Vigilance and Attention should be employed to repel and disperse such invadors, by the most vigorous exertion of the Kings Forces by Se.a and Land in those parts.
You are therefore hereby required and Directed to co-operate with the Commanding Officer of His Majesty's Troops at Windsor, giving Him all the assistance apd Succour You possibly can, and particularly in case of a Requisition for transporting troops, covering a landing, or any other Point which you think can tend to promote the Kings Service, for doing which this shall be your Order.
Given on board His Majesty's Ship Rainbow in the Harbour of Halifax the 15th of November 1776. —
Geo: Collier
(A Copy)
1. PRO, Colonial Office, 217 /52, 342, DAC Photocopy.
