Monday, Feb. 19th,ー
Very cold. The captain of the Senegal has searched the brig Liberty and does not find anything contraband, but will not release her till he hears from the Commodore at Halifax 2
1. Harold A. Innis, ed., The Diary of Simeon Perkins, 1766-1780 (Toronto, 1948-1961), I, 112. Hereafter cited as Innis, ed., Perkins' Diary.
2. The journal of H. M. Sloop Senegal records on February 13 and 15, 1776: "Examining the Brigg." See also Perkins' Diary, February 1, 1776, Volume 3, 1107.