Discusses canvas for tents, saltpetre, and powder; informs him about
repairs on fortifications in the vicinity of Boston and mentions that people
in the neighboring towns "in great numbers work Voluntarily & find
their own provision"; remarks: "We were left in a very naked Situation
both as to men and ammunition"; informs him that an American privateer
captured two brigs "Almost from under the Cannon of the Man of War";
informs him about a report that no fleet from England has arrived at
Halifax, [N.S.] and that the people there dismantled the fort and broke
the cannon for fear the Americans would get possession of them.
