Instead of repairing to Boston as you are directed by my Order of the 7th instant. You are hereby required and directed as soon as the business of the Transports is finished to repair to the River Delaware in his Majs Sloop under your Command, where you are to station yourself in the best manner possible to put in Execution the several Orders you have received relative to Fair Trade, Smugling, the Importation of Arms and Ammunition, and also to put in Execution the late Acts of Parliament you have received for restraining the Commerce of this Country.

And as a Rebellion is at this time subsisting in several of the Provinces on the Continent of America, you are to be upon your Guard against any Surprize, to strictly examine all Vessels you meet that none may be upon the Seas illegally, and to give every Assistance in your Power to his Majs liege Subjects for the Preservation of their Lives and Properties against all Persons whatever. You are to remain stationed in the Delaware until further Orders.

Given under my hand on board his Majs Ship Preston at Boston the 11 June 1775.