Portsmouth, Decr 16, 1775.
Pursuant to the above order, 2 We the subscribers determined on & transported four vessels for the purpose abovementd & valued the same. Since wch findg it unnecessary they shou'd lay any longer at their mooring & have return'ci them to the respective wharves from whence they were taken & deliver'd them to the several owners unhurt; but that one of the Cables & Hawsers are injured by use, of wch a future Estimate may be made, if the owners require it.
1. Bouton, ed., Documents and Records of New Hampshire, VII, 632.
2. The resolution of October 27, 1775, requiring that the vessels be prepared to block the harbor in case the threatened attack by Henry Mowat's squadron materialized.
