1To George Washington from the New York Committee of Safety, 6 January 1776 (Washington Papers)
Capt. John Hodge of New York arrived in the last Night from Lisbon, & left that place Seven weeks ago to Morrow. He says that on the 8th of October last about S.W. from Cape Clear about 125 Leagues, he met two East India Men & a Cat or North Country Collier, very full of Troops, the first Division of Seven Sail, with five full Regiments bound from Cork to Boston, which first Division had then...