Monday1 arrived at Salem, a Prize Brigantine from Ireland, laden'd with Beef, Pork and Butter, taken by the privateer Brigantine Oliver Cromwell,2 belonging to that place.
1. That is, June 8.
2. Massachusetts privateer brigantine Oliver Cromwell, Capt. William Coles, mounting sixteen carriage guns, manned by a crew of 130 seamen, was commissioned on 29 Apr. 1777 and was owned by John Derby & Co., of Salem. M-Ar, Revolutionary Rolls Collection, vol. 6, p. 300.
