[Boston] Saturday July 4th. 1778
Return of George Little as a Master & Johns Burns1 as Carpenter on board the Brig Hazard2 John Foster Williams Commander—Ordered that said Officers be com missioned agreeable to their Rank—
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 22 (Council Records, January-October, 1778), p. 301. Marginal notation: "Return of Geo. Little/as Master & John/Burns as Carpenter/of/Brig. Hazard."
1. In marginal note his name is given as “John Burns".
2. Massachusetts Navy brigantine Hazard.