Boston December 15th 1774
[Extract]
The Scarborough arrived with your Lordship's Dispatches of the 17th of October No 11 on the 3d Inst, and Admiral [Samuel] Graves has consented to land all the supernumerary Marines which by Report may amount to above 400 Men, as soon as all arrive and Quarters are prepared, that Major [John] Pitcairne who commands those Marines may have a better Opportunity to form and discipline them, than if they remained on Board their Ships where they are crowded.
1. PRO, Colonial Office, Class 5/92, LC Transcript.