1776 Sept. 23
Three Friends, brigantine.2 Guns: 8. Men: 20 Commander: Daniel Jackson Bond: Continental, $5,000. Bonders: John Donaldson, Jacob Sheafe, Jr., and Daniel Jackson, all of Philadelphia. Owners: Moore, Donaldson & Mercer, Philadelphia. Witnesses: Daniel Evans, William Trepethen.
1. Papers CC (Ships' Bonds Required for Letters of Marque and Reprisal), 196, XV, 30, NA. An abstract from the bond.
2. The Three Friends was the brigantine taken and brought into Philadelphia, a prize of the Continental sloop Sachem, Captain Isaiah Robinson. She had been libeled against on September 11, for trial September 27. Thus she was given an American commissibn four days before official condemnation.
