The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, Monday, May 18, 1778

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BOSTON, May 18.

Saturday last the Hazard,¹ Captain Sampson, arrived here from Martineco; on his Passage thither he took a Schooner and two Brigs, one of which we hear arrived safe there, the others were retaken.² On his return, he took a Brig from France, bound directly to Lord Howe,³ laden with Wine, Brandy, &c. which he parted with about 20 Days ago; also a Ship from Bristol for New-York,⁴ laden with Salt, Cordage, Nails, Glass, &c. which arrived safe in Port Yesterday.

1. Massachusetts Navy brigantine Hazard, Capt. Simeon Samson, commander.

2. The prize of Hazard that arrived in Martinique was brig Polly. See William and Godfrey Hutchinson to the President of the Massachusetts Board of War, 31 March 1778. NDAR 11: 854.

3. Vice Adm. Viscount Howe. That brig, Elizabeth, was recaptured by H.M. frigate Rainbow. See Journal of Rainbow, 1 May, above.

4. Ship Live Oak, George Forten/Fortune, master, 160 tons burthen, built in the Carolinas in 1751 and repaired and/or significantly rebuilt in 1765, 1772, and 1773, owned by Wraxall & Co., from Bristol bound to Philadelphia. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778. It was libeled on 18 May for trial at Boston. Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, May 18, 1778.

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1778 May 18

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Volume 12

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