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... Naval preparations are now entering upon with spirit, and yesterday the Congress chose a Standing Committee to superintend this department, of which I had the honor to be unanimously chosen one. This will detain me here some time after the 1st of January; indeed, I apprehend that the Congress will leave a number, to put into execution the Resolves of the Congress, together with the Naval...
Date: 15 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3
Our term is up Saturday next, but I shall hardly set out for home until sometime the middle of January, if so soon, as our Fleet is got stopped by the ice. Your brother Dudley [Saltonstall] came here last Saturday [December 23] and lodges with me for the present. When he will be able to sail depends on the weather.
Date: 27 December 1775
Volume: Volume 3