Councill Chamber [Boston] Augt 8.1777 —
Ordered that the Board of war be & hereby are Directed to see that the severall Spy vessells Lately ordered to be fix'd & sent out upon that Business, are kept Diligaritly Employed in that Service, & whatever Discoveries they may make of the Enemies fleet or any lnteligence they may Gain, be Imediately Communicated to the Generall Court, or the Councill in their Recesses —
1. Mass.Arch., vol. 167, 149.