[Boston] Saturday June 13th. 1778
On motion Ordered that John Clouston Esqr. be & he hereby is appointed to the Command of the Brig Hazard in the service of this State in the room of Simeon Sampson Esqr. resigned & that the Secretary be directed to inform Capt Clouston of his said Appointment—1
D, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 22 (Council Records, January-October, 1778), p. 260. Marginal note: “John Clouston Esqr./appointed to the Command/of the Brig Hazard in/the Room of Sim. Sampson/ Esqr. resigned.—"
1. On 30 June Clouston took command of Tyrannicide, replacing Capt. Jonathan Haraden. See Journal of the Massachusetts Council, 30 June, below. On 23 June, John Foster Williams was named captain of Hazard. See Acts and Resolves of the Massachusetts General Court, 23 June, below.