Watertown, November 18, 1775 : You have hereunder, copies of two resolves, one passed by the American Congress, and the other by our General Court, relative to collecting the proper evidences of the depredations made by the ministerial army and navy in the American colonies: Being a committee for the purpose aforesaid, we take the liberty to request of you a full account ... of the hostilities committed by the enemy in your vicinity ...