"A List of Ships and Vessels Fitted Out by the Rebels at Philadelphia to Cruize against the English which Were Ready to Put to Sea on the 12th February 1776-", February 12, 1776

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Ships Names	Masters Names		Guns	Men
Alfred	Ezekl Hopkins		32	100
	Commodore		32	100
A Ship with a Man head, Yellow painted sides Square and Taunt rigged without quarter Galleries
Columbus	Jno Whipple²		32	100
A Ship without a head, black all over and resembles a Collier, excepting that of being Square and Taunt rigged. ー The above Ships carry Guns between Decks, but so Crank, that in Sailing down Delawar river with their Ports open, they shipp'd a considerable quantity of Water. ー
			14
Cabbert [Cabot]	Bittle³		or	70
			16
A Brig with a Woman head, yellow painted sides with white drifts on her Quarters; Taunt and Square Rigged. ー
Andw Doria	Hopkins		14
Andw Doria	Commodrs Son		or	70
			16
A Brig a black with no head. Square and Taunt Rigged.
Providence	Hazard		10 [cut off]
A Sloop, all black, low and long with Crane Irons over the Quarters for Oars. ー
Fly	Hacker		2 &	30
A Sloop, scraped sides paid with Tar as a Tender to the rest.

Of their Colours

An Union Jack in a Canton with a [cut off] consisting of 13 Stripes, red and White or blue &c

1. PRO, Admiralty 1/240; enclosed in Barkley to Gayton, March 21, 1776.

2. Abraham Whipple

3. Nicholas Biddle was captain of the Andrew Doria, while John Burroughs Hopkins, the "Commodrs Son" was captain of the Cabot.

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1776 February 12

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Ships

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American Theatre from January 1, 1776, to February 18, 1776

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