Order of the Massachusetts Council, January 2, 1778

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State of Massachusetts Bay

Council Chamber [Boston] Ja^y 2^d. 1778

Ordered—That Col^o. Tho^s. Crafts be and hereby is directed to detach from his Reg^t.1 one Subaltern, one Serjeant, one Corporal & 7 Privates and place them as a Guard on Board the Cartel Vessel² in this Harbour with perticular Orders not to permit any Person to depart from or to enter on Board the Said Cartel till further Order—And in Case there shall be any rising on Board the Said Cartel or Attack made upon the same which can not be Quelled without firing on the Insurgents or Assailants in such Case the Said Col^o. is hereby directed to give Orders to the Guard aforesaid to fire upon them & to repeat the same till they shall submit to Order—

read & Accepted

Jn^o. Avery D^y Sec^y

DS, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 174 (Council Papers, 1777-1778), p. 65.

1. Massachusetts militia regiment.

2. Brigantine Favorite, Lt. John Brown, commanding. She sailed soon after for Halifax, arriving on 10 Jan. See Captain Sir George Collier, R.N., to the Massachusetts Commissary of Prisoners, 17 Jan., and The Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser (Boston), 29 Jan., below.

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1778 January 2

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