Philadelphia, March 5, 1776
Sales of Merchandize by the Ship Charming Peggy, Captain [Thomas] Dowman2
1. Charles Wharton's Day Book, HSP.
2. Dowman [or Downing], in the Charming Peggy, had cleared Philadelphia in mid-July, 1775, for Lisbon, with a cargo of flour and staves. She was taken later in the month by H.M.S. Glasgow, and carried into Boston, where her cargo was bought for the British army, but the vessel was freed to proceed on her voyage. to Lisbon, Graves's Prize List, December 31, 1775, II, 36-38, BM.