Remarks on bd. the Hope Sundy the 3d March 1776
Cape Ann NW Fresh Breezes and Clear Saw four sail to the North 5 or 6 Leagues ward one Ship in the N E Qr Made the Private Signl to Do Ship ansured it, at 1 [P.M.] Made Sail after the four Vessels to the No wd at 4 Came up with them to be Rebel arm'd Schooners at ½ Past 5 Engaged them, they Still Runing, Fired a Number of Shot at them, Got Damaged by them one Man Wounded and Several Rops Shot away and Shot in the Hull, at 6 PM Do Schooners Boraway for Cape Ann Harbr Hauld our Wind to the East ward at 8 Cape Ann; N W 3 or 4 Leagues, 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1823.
2. John Rowe's Diary, March 10, 1776 reads: "Capt. [George] Dawson is returned with two vessells; he has had a severe brush with four privateers." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2nd series, X, 95. The privateers were Washington's schooners under Commodore John Manley.
