The New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, Monday, June 15, 1778

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NEW-YORK, June 15.

Saturday Morning was sent into this Port by his Majesty's Ship Experiment, Sir James Wallace, Commander, the Brig Little Benjamin, Jacob Howell, late Master, from James River, Virginia, for Amsterdam, laden with 300 Hogsheads of Tobacco, 20,000 Staves, &c. This Brig has been in Port for more than two Years past, waiting an Opportunity to put to Sea.¹

1. In Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, the name of the prize brig is given as Young Benjamin. It was captured on 9 June. UKLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 485–86. In The Royal Gazette of 28 Oct. 1778 there appeared an advertisement offering for sale "the valuable Brigantine Young Benjamin. . . burthen about 220 tons, Philadelphia built, not four years old, prize to his Majesty's ship Experiment."

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1778 June 15

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American Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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