Three new men of war, the America of 74 guns, Magnanime of 74, and Alexander of 64, are upon the stocks here.
The Grasshopper sloop is waiting for a fair wind to join the convoy for America.
Our sail-makers work double hours, and a draft of our shipwrights is ordered to be made to go to Halifax in Nova Scotia.
1. London Chronicle, April 3 to April 5, 1777.