1. "Journal of Captain Hector McNeil In Frigate Boston 1777 (No. 10)," MM. Hereafter cited as McNeill's Journal, MM. Two additional journals of the cruise are known, one by Patrick Conner entitled "A Journal of a Cruise in the Good Ship Called the Boston — Hector McNeill Esqr Commander By Conner [No.] II," MM. Hereafter cited as Conner's Journal, MM. The other, kept by Benjamin Crowninshield, is titled "A Journal of our Intended Cruise in the Good Ship Boston Bound out a Cruse by God's parmission, Hector McNeill Esq'r Commander," Mass HS. Hereafter cited as Crowninshield's Journal, Mass HS.
