Council Chamber [Watertown] July 27, 1776
Captn Lambert
You are hereby Directed to Receive on board the Schooner 2 under Your Command Mr Francis Shaw Esqr together with the Indians now under his Care & proceed with them in the most Prudent & Cautious Manner to St Johns River in Nova Scotia, or as near thereto as Major Shaw Apprehends you Can sail to with Safety, and at Such place as he shall Direct there put him & the Indians aforesaid on Shore, proceeding afterwards as said Shaw shall apprehend will be the most suitable way for you to Transport hither any Indians he may Inlist into the Service of the United States
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 165, 468.
2. The Massachusetts state schooner Diligent.