Capt. Hoxsie,1 in the armed Boat Seven Brothers,2 and Capt. Jenckes,3 in the armed Boat Hornet,4 both belonging to this State, have taken and brought into a safe Port a Sloop of 45 Tons,5 bound from Antigua to Halifax, laden with Rum and Sugar.
1. Capt. Gideon Hoxse (Hoxsie).
2. Rhode Island privateer armed boat Seven Brothers was commissioned on 23 June. R-Ar, Maritime Papers, Letters of Marque and Reprisal(1776–1780), Petitions and Instructions, p. 74.
3. Capt. Charles Jenckes.
4. Rhode Island privateer armed boat Hornet, 7 tons burthen, mounting 1 swivel gun and carrying 8 small arms, was commissioned on 1 and 2 July. R-Ar, Maritime Papers, Letters of Marque and Reprisal (1776–1780), Petitions and Instructions, p. 78.
5. Sloop Fancy, Miller Johnston, master. She was libeled on 25 July in Rhode Island Maritime Court for trial at Providence on 12 Aug. The Providence Gazette; and Country Journal, 25 July 1778.
