The privateer boat Dolphin,2 took a sloop from Boston, the Master says he was taken and carried into Boston, but by a variety of circumstances it appeared he went in designedly, he was from Broad-Bay, with wood, potatoes, &c. which he sold.
1. Pennsylvania Journal, December 6, 1775.
2. The schooner Dolphin, Richard Masury, commanding, was one of the first Salem privateers of the Revolution. Although her first capture was made in November, a petition was not filed for a commission until December 1, 1775 and the bond was filed on December 15, 1775.
