Weymouth Packett, Boston Harbor 4th. Octr. 1777—
Hond Sir
Agreable to a vote of the Honl Councill of Safety for your State—I Petition'd both Houses of Assembly, for Leave to remove the Prisoners taken by Capt Harding1 into Connecticut—and Yesterday obtain'd an order therefor.2—I now send them under the care of Mr Hilliard3 to Lebanon, who will deliver them to your Excellencys Order.—The Officers will sett out at the same time under the care of Mr Read,4 who will doubtless arrive some days before you receive this.5—I have the honor to be [&c.]
Sam Eliot J
L, CtHi,Jonathan Trumbull Papers. Addressed: "His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull Esqr/in/Lebanon/ favd by Mr/Hilliard." Docketed: "Octr 4th. 1777/Saml Elliott."
1. Capt. Seth Harding, commanding the Connecticut Navy ship Oliver Cromwell.
2. See Acts and Resolves of the Massachusetts General Court, 1 Oct., above.
3. Azariah Hilliard, seaman on Oliver Cromwell.
4. Curtis Reed, midshipman on Oliver Cromwell.
5. The officers included John Jenking, sailing master, Andrew Hunter, surgeon, and William Phillips and Paul Glen, master's mates, who had been sent from Portsmouth, N.H. Samuel Eliot, Jr., to Governor Jonathan Trumbull, 4 Oct., above; Governor Jonathan Trumbull to Thomas Shaw, 13 Oct., below.
