Andrew Doria May the 21st 1776
Sir
The Night after we left New Port being Chased by a Vessel we took to be the Cerberus the Cabot Run a more direct course for Nantucket Shoals than I thought safe to do by which Means we have lost company with her. This Morning we took a Sloop bound from Salter tudas to Liverpool in Nova Scotia. Mr [Philip] Brown my third Mate to whom I have given Charge of Her will Give You what further information You may want to know I am Sir [&c.]
