Last Tuesday [June 13] Mr. [Joseph] Wanton, the Governor Elect went up to Greenwich and offered himself to the Assembly there to be sworn into Office which they by Vote refused ー and so he returned next day in Infamy. By order of Assembly D.[eputy] Gov. [Nicholas] Cook[e] sent a Letter yesterday to Capt [James] Wallace of the Rose Man o' War demandg by what Auth[orit]y he interrupted the Trade, demandg the Surrenderg of all the Vessels and Provisions he had seized, and declaring in Case of Refusal that the whole Force of the Colony should be employed against him. We have no Men o' War, but half a dozen Privateers full of Desperadoes might prove troublesome to a 20 Gun ship. Wallace treated the Letter with Insolence, and Contempt. He had six provision Vessels about him seized, besides 2 which affected to be under his protection as belonging to Tories. Wallace and [James] Ayscough in their 2 Men o' War² and all their Tenders this Day came to sail and went to the So End of Conanicott then to the No End and so look't round. In their Absence five of the seized Provision Vessels were brought safe to the Wharves, by a Number of p[eo]ple who went off to them. Indeed it was evident Wallace intended they sh[oul]d escape, for he took his own men out of the Captures, leaving only two Marines on board one of them ー . . . Our p[eo]ple offered to bring off her also. but the Capt. refused ー as the Quakers of Nantucket are favored by Parliamentー