[Extract]

Capt Manly in the Privar, from beaverly came a cross 2 large transports from London, one of which he board'd & took, her cargo amounted in value to Fifteen Thounsand pounds Ster lg and carrd her safe into Cape Ann, her cargo was as follows,

1 Large brass 15 Inch Mortar already fixd for service
A Number of smaller ditto fixd

A Number of Brass	Cannon	from	24 lb down	to 4 lb		with carrages &c alreedy
A number of Iron	ditto	from	Do	to Do

2500 Stand of Arms Ba[y]ts & Pouch's compleat &c
30 Tun of once Balls for ditto
10 Tun of swan shot for ditto
A Great number of carke's already fixd for use to fire the town
Large & small Shot without number
A great number of Hogsheads, fill'd with cartridges in flannell for the canon mortors instead of paper
A great number of Hogshead of cartridges in paper for the small Arms, with everything of this kind we could have wish'd for,

in short Generall Gates says was he to have made out an Invoice for our purpose, he would not had add'd one artic[l]e more, This ship (How[e]) has been at his wits end about this 10 Days past, The other transport was fill'd with powder, and we fear is gone into Boston, Capt Manly would have taken her also, but 2 Men of Warr appearg in sight, he thought it most prudent to secure what he had got, their is many other valueables in her cargo all of the best kind, wh I have for got, prehaps you may by & by, have amore particular Acct theirof, the men on board have made their fourtunes in this adventure, sundrie other transports are dayly expected, and our Privas are upon the look out, . . .