[Machias] Saturday Octr 4th....Sent Capt. Crabtree a letter of instruction to observe during his being stationed at the mouth of the harbour, as also, signals to be made in case of danger.1 Mr Allan gave him insurance for his Schooner.2 This day served provisions as usual.
Frederic Kidder, Military operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia During the Revolution, Chiefly Compiled from the Journals and Letters of Colonel John Allen, with Notes and a Memoir of Col. John Allen (Albany: Joel Munsell, 1867), 141.
1. Allan discharged Crabtree of this duty by 12 Oct. Col. John Allan to President of the Massachusetts Council, 12 Oct. 1777. Documentary History of the State of Maine (Collections of the Maine Historical Soci ety, 2d Series), edited by James P. Baxter et. al., 24 vols. (Portland: The Society, 1869-1916), 15: 241-44.
2. Massachusetts privateer schooner Harlequin, Agreen Crabtree, commander, mounting 10 carriage guns and 16 swivel guns with a crew of 55 seamen, was commissioned on 22 Aug. 1777 and was owned by Agreen Crabtree, of Frenchman's Bay, County of Lincoln, Eastern Maine, and others. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls, vol. 6, 9.
