Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser and Mercantile Chronicle, Friday, June 12, 1778

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The Mersey, Capt. Gibbons,¹ of this port, with a fleet of transports from Cork, arrived at Philadelphia the 6th of May. The Mersey took in her passage, a schooner bound to Boston, loaded with coffee, molasses, &c. and carried her into Philadelphia². . . .

The Hunter Privateer³ has taken the first Privateer Captain Cunningham had, laden with a great quantity of ammunition, bound to Boston.⁴

1. Ship Mersey, Capt. W. Gibbons, commander, 900 tons burthen and carrying 24 guns, built in 1770, owned by Whitaker & Co. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778.

2. The prize has not been further identified.

3. Probably brig Hunter, Capt. J. Hine, commander, 180 tons burthen, carrying six 4-pounders and four 3-pounders, built in New York in 1772, owned by J. Noble. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778.

4. Capt. Gustavus Conyngham’s “first Privateer” was the Continental Navy lugger Surprize. It was reportedly sold to a French merchant in 1777. See Lord Stormont to Lord Weymouth, 30 July 1777, in NDAR 9: 541.

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1778 June 12

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European Theater, June 1 to August 15, 1778

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