Cambridge 23d March 1776
Sir
Your request for Six Seamen taken from the enemy, to be exchanged for Six inhabitants taken & detained by Captain Wallace, is now complied with, tho realy Contrary to a Resolve of Congress past the 30th Novemr which mentions that Citizen should be exchanged for Citizen Officer for . Officer, of equal rank, & Soldier for Soldier, the Seamen go under the Care of Mr Burr, I have the honor to be Sir Your Most H. Sert By His Excellency's Command Stephen Moylan Ade
1. "Nicholas Cooke Correspondence," AAS Proceedings, New Series, XXXVI, 310.
