Cambridge 8th Decr 1775
Sir
I am Commanded by his Excelly to desire you will put Mr Richard Darby Junr in the proper road, to get his Brig Kingston packett & her Cargo into his possession, 2 Whether she is to proceed on her intended voyage to the West Indies or not, the General Cannot himself determine, that is the business of Committees of Safety ー the General is determined to have no further trouble with this vessel, you will therefore Sir, Manage the matter, so as Head Quarters may hear no more of her ー I beg you will be attentive to Mr Callbeck's goods, Let him have every thing that he has been so cruelly pillaged of 3 the potatoes on board the Scotch Vessel should be sold ー I am [&c.]
S.M.
1. Washington Papers, LC. Moylan was Washington's secretary pro tem.
2. The brig Kingston Packet had been carried into Winter Harbor, south of Falmouth, by Captains Broughton and Selman.
3. For Broughton's and Selman's lists of the goods they took from Callbeck and others, see under dates November 13 and December 3, 1775, Volume 2, 1008, 1245.