Order’d, That Capt Williams1 Commander of the Arm’d Brigt. Hazard be directed to discharge thirteen Cannon from the said Brigt on the 4th Inst. imediately after the several discharges from the Forts, in Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—
Order’d, That Capt Hopkins2 deliver Capt Williams for the Brigt. Hazard, two Brass Blunderbusses fm. Invo. No. 21—
Order’d, That Ebenezer W Calf for 5 Sides of Leather be p’d
D, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 149 (Board of War Minutes, 1777–1778), pp. 355–57.
1. Capt. John Foster Williams, commanding Massachusetts Navy brigantine Hazard, which was fitting out for a cruise.
2. Capt. Caleb Hopkins.
3. Massachusetts Navy brigantine Tyrannicide, which was likewise fitting out for a cruise.