[Boston] July 6, 1775
This day two or three Companies2 went from Cape Ann to Thatcher's Island broke the light House glasses and Lamps all to pieces, brought away all the Oyl together with Captain Kirkwood's family, and all he had on the Island and put them on the Main to shift for themselves.
[Endorsed] Destruction of the light House on Thatcher's Island, Commonly Called Cape Ann Lights 6 July 1775.
1. PRO, Admiralty 1/485, LC Transcript.
2. Of the Continental Army.
