[Here are inserted: Lieutenant Governor Nicholas Cooke to Captain James Wallace, R.N., June 14, 1775 and Captain James Wallace, R.N. to Lieutenant Governor Nicholas Cooke, June 15, 1775]
On Thursday last [June 15], soon after the above insolent Answer was returned to the Deputy-Governor, as one of the Packets mentioned in His Honor's Letter, which had been piratically seized and detained by Capt. Wallace, was cruizing as a Tender in the Narragansett Bay, in Quest of Plunder, as usual, she spoke with an armed Sloop, fitted out by the Colony for the Protection of its Trade, whose Commander not answering in a Tone sufficiently submissive, was fired upon by the Tender; the Compliment was returned with such Effect as to put the Pirates into some Confusion, and they endeavoured to make off, but were prevented by an anned Packet Boat, in the Service of the Colony, that had by this Time come up; the Pirates finding they could not escape, ran the Vessel ashore on Connanicut, and went off with much Precipitation. The Firing on both Sides continued some Minutes though none of our People were hurt, and but one of the Pirates wounded. On board the Packet retaken were found 8 Swivels, 17 Stands of Arms, a Number of Pistols, Cutlasses, Cartouch Boxes, &c.
