[London] 19 Dec 1775
It is generally believed that Falmouth in Casco Bay, is burnt by Cap. Mowat, and 2 or 3 more ships. The last time I saw Lord G[eorge] G[ermain], he observed that Adm. Graves had been put in mind of his remissness; and he imagined he would run to the other extreme.
1. Peter Orlando Hutchinson, comp., The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson (London, 1883-86), I, 583. Hutchinson was former governor of Massachusetts.