[Boston, July 14, 1775]
By a Letter from Captain [John] Collins, dated the 9 July in Sandy Hook Bay, the Admiral was informed that Captain Collins had met with the last of the Transports (the Resolution), that the Three Sisters was at Anchor in the Bay, and that he had sent to the Master to get under weigh and join the Resolution and proceed together to Boston, and Captain Collins wrote that he should forthwith compleat his provisions to four Months at New York, and proceed to the River Delaware according to his Orders.
1 Graves's Conduct I, 139, MassHS Transcript