The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, Monday, February 23, 1778

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NEW-YORK, February 23.

On Friday last was sent in here by his Majesty's Ship Experiment, Sir James Wallace, Esq; Commander, the Rebel Sloop Montgomery,¹ Felix Potter, Master, from Hispaniola for Boston: She was taken the 7th Instant, in Lat. 39, Lon. 72, and is loaded with Coffee, Molasses, &c. &c. This Sloop was formerly a Privateer out of Providence, in Rhode-Island Government.²

1. Sloop Montgomery, P. Potter, master, from Cape François to Boston, with a cargo of molasses, coffee &c., taken at sea on 6 Feb., sent to New York City. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778. UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 485. Montgomery, Phineas Potter, master, sailed from Providence on 18 Nov. 1777 for Hispaniola with a cargo of lumber, fish and provisions and is described in her clearance papers as being of 30 tons burthen, mounting no guns and a crew of ten. R-Ar, Maritime Papers, Outward and Inward Entries, 1776-1787. See Journal of H.M.S. Experiment, 6 Feb., above.

2. Rhode Island privateer sloop Montgomery, commanded successively by Daniel Bucklin, William Rhodes and Thomas Ruttenber. See NDAR 5: 76, 813, 890, 1271, 1302, 1302n; 6: 116-17, 136, 138, 182, 506, 508, 508n, 512n, 803, 820, 955, 956n, 804n, 1056, 1317, 1330, 1331n; 7: 32, 32n, 113, 115-16, 119, 166, 167, 168, 314-15, 449, 642, 644, 646.

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1778 February 23

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Volume 11

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New York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury

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American Theatre from January 1, 1778 to March 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

The New-York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, Monday, February 23, 1778

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