Cambridge, Novemr 6. 1775 ー
Sir
Having received a Letter from Mr Enoch Moody, Chairman of the Committee of Falmouth, that the Inhabitants of that Town are greatly alarmed by the Arrival of the Cerberus Man of War & are under great Apprehension that some of the Kings Troops will be landed there, It is my desire that you raise all the force you can & give the Town every Assistance in your power ー The difficulty of removing Troops after they have made a lodgment or get possession of a place, is too obvious to be mentioned you will therefore use every possible method to prevent their effecting that or penetrating into the Country untill you have f[u]rther Orders ー2 I am Sir&c.
G W
1. Washington Papers, LC.
2. Phinney was colonel of a regiment raised in the province of Maine. In 1776 this regiment became the 18th Continental Infantry attached to the Continental army.
