In Committee of Safety, Exeter, Sept 28th, 1775.
To the Committee appointed to Build Batterys to command the passage in Piscataqua River:
Gentlemen: It is Tho't expedient to lay a Boom across the River from Peirce's to Seevey's Island, Strong enough to hinder the passage of Vessels, if possible. Therefore you are desired to take such condemned Masts as you can find most proper for the occasion, and fit a Boom for the aforesaid purpose, by securing them with Iron, in such manner & place as you shall Judge best to answer the purpose.
1. Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society, VII, 19.
