[Preston, Boston] May 28th [1775]
About this time information being brought that the Rebels had small armed Vessels full of men along shore, and that a Bermudian Sloop was actually cruizing in Hell Gates to intercept our small Vessels carrying Dispatches, notice of it was immediately given to all the Captains of the Squadron.
1. Graves's Conduct, I, 103, MassHS Transcript.