Cambridge Novr 9th 1775
[Extract]
Capt Coit. Lt Arrived here yesterday with information to the Genl of their taking 2 vessels with wood & 24 Head of Cattle, bound from Cape britton for Boston ー2 Capt Coit writes to the Genl that he took them with an old dull Schooner, with her beems as Long as her Keal, with but 4 Guns ー & if his Excellency Sees fit to give him a good vessel that will Carry 14 Guns, he will Answer his Expectations, or he will Stand at North Pole to All Eternity, a high Expression, but you know it to be his Language ー3
1. William Griswold Lane Memorial Collection, YUL.
2. The prizes were the sloop Polly and the schooner Industry.
3. For a further description of the schooner Harrison, in picturesque language, see Coit to Samuel B. Webb, November 7, 1775.
