[Concord], Sunday, April 23, 1775. Afternoon, 2 o'clock.
Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry read in his place a Letter from Marblehead, reporting that the British Man-of-War Lively was lying off the Harbour of that Town; representing that their means of defence were inadequate to repel attack; and asking direction and aid; upon which,
Resolved, That the matter subside until further information.
1. Force, comp., American Archives, 4th, II, 765, from Mass. Arch., vol. 31.
