From the safety of the ship Tryon sends one more message to the Mayor: Finding your letter of yesterday insufficient for that security I requested … my duty directed me, for the present instant, to remove on board this ship, where I shall be ready to do such business of the Country as the situation of the times will permit. The citizens, as well as the inhabitants of the Province, may be assured of my inclination to embrace every means in my power to restore the peace, good order, and authority
