Consulted and advised on sundry matters with the French Capt. Michel,1 lately arrived at N. London with a large cargo of goods &c. . . .
Cap. Niles,2 present, account of his late voyage. . . .
Hoadly, ed., Public Records of the State of Connecticut, 1: 572.
1. French ship Lyon, Capt. J. Michel, master, had arrived on 7 Mar. at New London with salt and woolens.
2. Capt. Robert Niles, who had returned from the West Indies in the Connecticut Navy trading sloop Dolphin in late February with sulphur. SeeJournal of the Connecticut Council of Safety, 26 Feb., and Pay Roll of Connecticut Navy Trading Sloop Dolphin, 6 Mar., above.