GENTLEMEN Volunteers, who are desirous of serving their Country and at the same Time of making their Fortunes:—An Opportunity is now presented them on Board the Privateer Brig NANCY,1 MICHAEL MELALLY2 Commander, mounting sixteen carriage Guns, being a prime Sailor, well fitted for a four Months Cruize, and will sail in about three Weeks. The Commander may be seen on Board, or at the House of Mr. Ichabod Powers jun. in New-London.
New London, March 27, 1778.
Connecticut Gazette; and the Universal Intelligencer, 27 Mar. 1778.
1. Connecticut privateer brigantine Nancy was commissioned on 23 Apr. 1778, manned by a crew of 100 seamen and owned by Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. She was bonded by Michael Melally, Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. and Thomas Allon, all of New London. DNA, PCC, item 196, vol. 10, p. 107 (M247, roll 203).
2. Melally served as first lieutenant of Connecticut Navy ship Oliver Cromwell from August 1776 to March 1777.
