Portsmo 15th Decr 1775.
Gentlemen ー
We herewith transmit you Gen. Washington's Letter respecting Capt. Emmes, supposing it a Matter more properly cognisable by you than us. At the same time We beg leave to hint that we should think it imprudent to suffer him to take passage to the W. Indies in either of the vessels now fitting out, & that a reasonable Sum should be alfowed him for Board from the time he was discharged from the ship Prince George, till he leaves the Province. I am by order of the Committee of Safety, &c.
H. Wentworth, Chairman.
1. Nathaniel Bouton, et al., eds., Provincial Papers: Documents and Records Relating to the Province of New Hampshire... (Concord, etc., 1867 ー), VII, 684. Hereafter cited as Bouton, ed., Documents and Records of New Hampshire.
