Sir
I have received Orders that you proceed to Boston in the room of Newberry Port ー You are to make all the dispatch there you can ー the Ships of War are drove out of that Bay and I believe that Port is the safest to Send in Prizes of any on the Continent ー I am Your Friend
Esek Hopkins Cr in Chief
Providence June 18th. 1776 ー
To John P. Jones Esqr Commr of the Providence
1. Papers CC (Letters of John Hancock, and Miscellaneous Papers), 58, 157, NA.
