A curious circumstance happened here the other day, respecting a vessel from Dunkirk, having on board East India and other dry goods. Five customhouse officers went on board, with an intention to seize her; but the Captain immediately set sail, and carried them as far as the Capes, where he set them on shore, then returned, and landed his cargo.2
1. Purdie's Virginia Gazette, March 3, 1775.
2. See Patterson and Hood to the Newport Collector, February 3, 1775 and Francis Welsh to the Philadelphia Custom House Officers, February 8, 1775.
