[New York] Thursday, 28th. November.
Capt. Elphinstone of the Perseus informed me this morning, that he was fired upon in the Dusk of the Evening off Nantucket, by an armed Transport who took him for a Rebel Privateer. The Transport's People fired 28 Shot upon theĀ Perseus, without hurting any body: Capt. Elphinstone prudently restrained his People till the mistake could be cleared up. This Transport has taken & brought in 3 Prizes.
1. Tatum, ed., Serle's Journal, 147.