[Watertown] Monday, July 22d 1776
Whereas it is represented that Yesterday a Vessell from Ireland ladened with Pork and Other Provisions assign'd for Supplies to our Enemies entered the Harbour of Boston and was Compell'd to Submit to the Fortress of this State placed there,2 and as the said Provision is wanted for the use and Service of this State, it is Ordered dpt the Commissary General be and hereby is directed forthwith to engage the same for that purpose. ー
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 19, 118.
2. The ship Queen of England, James Arnout, master, lured into the harbor by the George, Caleb Hopkins, a decoy ship wearing a commodore's pennant. New-England Chronicle, July 25, 1776.
