[Boston] Tuesday Jany. 13. 1778
In the House of Representatives. Upon the Petition of Daniel Mc.Neill1 and Thomas Harris2 setting forth their having entered into Bonds with this Court for the prosecuting a Cruize for Twenty five Days under the Command of Capt. John Manly, and for which they gave Bonds to the Amount of Six thousand Pounds which Bonds are put in suit and the Cause is now pending before the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk. The said Court is hereby required to Continue the Action until1 the next Term, to the end that the Parties may have an opportunity to settle the same in the manner that has been proposed if they see fit.
In Council Read and Concurred. Consented to by Fifteen of the Council.
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 38 (Massachusetts General Court Records, 1777-1778), pp. 231-32.
1. McNeill commanded the Massachusetts privateer schooner America (16 guns) during her cruise with the Continental Navy frigates Hancock and Boston in May and June 1777. See NDAR 8: 375,435,436, 452,918,1006-7,1007n, 1024, 1024n.
2. Harris, a merchant at Boston, was the principal owner of America.