[Watertown] Thursday Septr 12th 1776ー
On Motion Ordered That Benjn Greenleaf & John Winthrop Esqrs be a Committee to propose a Letter to the Honble Congress, accquaintg them with the Situation of Our Coast being infested with Cruisers belonging to Great Britain, and to request that some of the Continental Vessels may be fitted Out for the purpose of Clearing the Coast of those Enemies to the State, and Reportー
1. Mass. Arch., vol. 19, 226, 227.