June 1775 Sunday 25
Moor'd in Rhode Island Harbour
A M Stopt the Sloop Phoenix Wm Dennis Master from Philadelphia with Flour, Rum & sugar2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/804.
2. Of all the vessels stopped or seized and sent around to Boston, the Phoenix is the first to appear in Graves's Conduct, Prize List, MassHS Transcript. Her cargo was taken for the army in Boston, and the vessel liberated.
