[Extract]
Brookline 13th March 1776
... the Ships are all hauld of[f] from the wharfs in Boston and about 60 Sale Loaded with goods & men & weomen fell below the Casttle and their Lay at Anchor, tis Sopos'd they wait till the Reest are Ready to joyn them and the whole fleet to Sail together the Admarel's Ship is below the Castle tis without Doubt they Design to push of[f] to Day or to Morrow Doubless to harris our Coust which must keep the whole or part of this Army on the Move but however this may be apiec[e] of Artifice of theirs to Cause a Relaxation, if So they will find themselfs much Mistaken for our Alarm posts were Never Better Suply'd And attended to then now and the whole Army Keep a Diligent Look out, Knowing that they will make use of all the artif[i]ce that old England & New is Capable of ...
Your Affectionate father
Comfort Sage 2
1. From the private collection of Frederick S. Hicks, Washington.
2. Sage was in James Wadsworth's Connecticut regiment.