Cambridge 26th Decr 1775
acknowledged rect of his of the 25th relative to the sloop Sally, retaken by Capt [Winborn] Adams, 2 Sent into Marblehead desired him to get information to whom the vessell & Cargo belongd ー if in danger to Land the Cargo. 3 ー avoid embezzelment &c
1. Washington Papers, LC.
2. The Sally bound from Lisbon for New York, with a cargo of 153 quarter casks of Lisbon wine, had been taken by H.M.S. Niger, and was retaken by Adams in Washington's armed schooner Warren on Christmas Eve, 1775.
3. The Sally was owned by Peter Barberie of Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
