Portsmouth, June 22, 1776
Last Tuesday passed through this town, on his way from Nova Scotia, to Boston, Capt. Joseph Cook, who was taken by the ministerial pirates, the 17th of April last, on his passage from Sandwich to St. Peter's Island, and carried into Canso, where they robbed him of great part of his cargo, provisions, cash, hands, &c. which obliged him to sell his vessel at half price, and he came here on foot.