The Following is An Acct of the Loss Sustained By two Ministeriel Cruisers On the 6th Day of Sept 1775 The One Belonging to the Rose, James Wallace Commander, the other to the Glasgow, Howe Commander. By Lemuel Brooks Sloop Neptune Laden with Shugar & Salt Bound to New york Belonging to John Brooks of Stradford In Connecticut. One Eaighth Part Josiah Hubble, One ⅛ part Jonathan Boothe One ⅛ part; Benjamin Brooks, One ¼ part Lemuel Brooks 3/8 As the Honourable Continental Congress have Advertised for Said Losses To Be Brot In to the Comtee Appointed for that Purpose the following is A True Acct Attested By the Master, Mate and one [of] the Mariners ー
Lemuel Brooks, Eleazer Scott George Raymond
Fairfield County ss. Norwalk 13th December Ano Dom. 1775
Then personally appeared Lemuel Brooks Master2 Eleazer Scott Mate & George Raymond Mariner they & each of them made Solemn Oath to the Truth of the foregoing Account.
Sworn before me
Joseph Platt Justice of peace
1. Papers CC (Connecticut State Papers), 66, I, 149, NA.
2. See Protest of Lemuel Brooks, Halifax, September 20, 1775, Volume 2, 158-59.
