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finding the Prisoners brought in here by the Lexington privateer belonging to tqe American Congress all parted for Great Britain & Ireland, when your Excellencys Condecending Letter of 26th Ultimo came to hand, l would not presume to Acknowledge Receipt of it, or trouble you farther, till Other Matters Occured, that your Excellency should be Informed of. have now to Acquaint your Excellency that the Polly of Philadelphia, ,vmm Parkinson Commander, Mounting 10 Guns, with a Number of Swivels, is just come to An Anchor in this Harbour. she left Philadelphia about the 20 March, & in Latitude 47 & Longitude 33 fell in with and took the Ship Falmouth of Glasgow, Archibd Bogg Masr, loaded with Bale Goods for Quebec. the Americans Value this prize above forty thousand pounds Sterling, and say She mounted More Guns and men than they did ー they sent her of[f] Immediately to Boston. we Suppose the Falmouths Crew are Prisoners on Board the Privateer. if so, Shall if Necessary Apply for their Liberty, and have them sent to England, as Soon as Possible. this is a dificult matter at present for the Trade to England and Ireland is Entirely Stoped by fleets of American privateers, which Cruize in the Baye, without Interuption, and take or Burn Every Ship belonging to British Subjects ー Capn Johnson in the Lexington parted yesterday, & is to Join Capn Weeks with a fleet of four privateers of[f] Nantes. his Vessel is Compleatly Refited. he has taken in about fifty Barrils of Gun Powder. the Privateer that Arrived this Morning has Tobacco, Rice & Indigo, to the Value of Sixty Thousand pounds. she declares to be a Merchant Vessell, & as such is Received without difficulty, tho' the Master in his declaration Acknowledges she belongs to Congress. . .