"Ships from America Enter'd in the Bay of Cadiz since the 9th July 1777." March 27, 1778

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1777
July	9.	the sloop S^t. Mary Cap^t. John Billon from Charlestown in 53 days with Rice Indigo & Tobacco.
	10.	the sloop the Minerve Cap^t. Joseph Marchan, french, from Charlestown, in 62 days with Rice & Indigo.
[Oc]tober	6.	the sloop the Casuel Cap^t. Rainguenoir, french, from Newbern in 45 days with staves, Tar, & Pitch.
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Janry.	11.	the Brig, the Lefer Cap^t. Zacharias Bomcan from Charlestown in 47 days with Rice & Tabacco.
	12.	the Brig the Susannah Cap^t. Ja^s. Mockaf from Boston in 30 days with staves.
	22.	the sloop the Dolphin Cap^t. Henry Aker from Boston in 24 days with Planks, staves & Rice
febry.	15.	the schooner the Lovely Cap^t. Peter Doliver from Boston in 32 days with staves.
[m]arch	13.	the sloop the Maco Cap^t. W^m. Newel from North Carolina in 52 days with staves. (English).
	16.	the ship the Robert Cap^t. John Macarthy from Boston with Planks.
	25.	the Brig the General Gates Cap^t. James Tilden from Boston in 36 days with Planks & staves.
	26.	the sloop Privateer the Revenge Cap^t. Cunningham from Bilbao in 20 days, says having taken on Cap^e. S^t. Vincent 3 briggs,¹ one ship mounting 16 Guns² with Commission of war & Marchandizes, & one sloop tender;³ that one of the 3 Briggs was retaken by an English man of war: that he had dispach'd said prizes for America.

D, PHi, Papers of Benjamin Franklin. Enclosed in J. L. and L. Le Couteulx and Company to Silas Deane, 27 Mar., above.

1. Peace & Harmony, Betsy, and Fanny. Charles Murray to Robert Walpole, 16 Mar., above.

2. Ship Hope.

3. Tender to H.M.S. Enterprize.

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