By Saml Graves Esqr Vice Admiral of the White & Commander in Chief &c.
Notwithstanding the directions contained in my Order of the 25 May to send all Vessels laden with Melasses and Salt to enter at Marblehead previous to their going to Boston, you are hereby required and directed whenever any Vessels are seized by his Majs Ship under your Command to order that they proceed strait to Boston without touching at any other Port.
And whereas the late rebellious Proceedings of the Town of Portsmouth in obliging his Excellency their Governor to remove for Safety under the Protection of the Scarborough, suffering the Province Treasure to be carried away by the Rebels, and preventing Seizures being prosecuted in the Admiralty Court, there is no reason to hope Order and good Government will for some time be restored in the Sd Town; You are hereby required and directed not to suffer Provisions and Necessaries of any sort to be carried to the Town of Portsmouth or to any part of the adjacent Country, except such as you are satisfied is for the immediate Use of the Governor and the Kings Servants with his Excellency at Castle William and Mary; and to send the whole to Boston.
Given under my Hand on board his Majs Ship Preston at Boston the 15 July 1775.
1. Graves's Conduct, Appendix, 455, MassHS Transcript.