"This day arrived here the Lapwing privateer, of London,1 and brought in the ship Union, of 350 tons burthen, loaded with masts and lumber, bound from Boston to Nantz, in France, consigned by the board of war at Boston to several merchants in Nantz, for sale and returns, signed by Samuel Philips Savage, at Boston."
London Chronicle, 10-12 Mar. 1778.
1. Probably brig Lapwing, H. Pearch, master, 120 tons, built at Hull in 1745, thorough repairs in 1763, owned by W. Burstall. Lloyd's Register of ships, 1777-1778.
