Board of War,
Boston May 6th. 1778—
Present—
Saml Ph'ps Savage Esqr President—
Order'd, That Capt Haraden1 delr Samuel Hartley any Stores he may have on board that are necessary for the sick landed on Rainsford Island from the Brigt Tyrannicide—
Order'd, That Colo. Crafts2 immediately send a Waggon to remove all the Powder &c. from the Brigt. Tyrannicide, & deliver it to Decn Foster—3
Order'd, That Deacn Foster receive of Colo. Crafts from Brigt Tyrannicide One Chest Cartridges, contg 54 full Allowance— reduc'd 164, Swivel 33, Port-fires 12,—2 Boxes Musquet Cartridges—4 Barrels Powder—6 half B’lls do—1 Box hand Grenades—6 Powder Horns—& 1 Pouch Tub—
LB, M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 149 (Board of War Minutes, 1777–1778), pp. 298–99.
1. Capt. Jonathan Haraden commanding Massachusetts Navy brigantine Tyrannicide, which had just returned from a sixth months' cruise to the West Indies.
2. Col. Thomas Crafts, Massachusetts State Artillery Regiment.
3. Deacon Thomas Foster.