Saturday, Sept. 30th [1775]. [Robert] Ambrose arrives from Halifax. He has news that the Admiral orders ships at Halifax to take, burn, sink and destroy all cities, towns, vessels, and boats belonging to the Continent, except Quebec and Nova Scotia. A number of vessels have been taken to Halifax.
1. Harold A. Innis, ed., The Diary of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1780 (Toronto, 1948), p. 101.
