[Germantown] 17th [June 1776]. Monday
Yesterday several of our Privateers fell in with and engag'd a large Ship of Force and a Brig. The two latter Maintain'd a kind of runing fight from Seven in the Morning till late at Night, still standing i_n for the Harbour which they were permited to enter followed by the Privateers. About 11 oClock at Night the Engagement was renew'd between the Vessels with great fury. I think I never saw such firing before. The flashes were almost without Intermission. At 12 they Yeilded to us having both run Aground during the fight. They had 200 Highlanders belonging to Fraziers Regt.
1. Butterfield, ed., Adams Family Correspondence, II, 9-11. Continuation of June 15 letter.