[Philadelphia] Octr 22d 1776
...on the 21st arrived a Schooner with 1200 bushels of Salt (its Said) the 22d was Sent in here the Brigg Sherburn Capt Burnell with 589 barrels of oil, being a prize to Brig Handcock, Capt Newman2 &c an accot also of an Engagment on the Lakes the 11th Instant & as the Enemy were vastly Superior, our People retreated to Crown Point &c
1. Diary of Christopher Marshall, HSP.
2. The 75 ton brig Sherburne, Jonathan Bunnell, master, taken by the Pennsylvania privateer Hancock, Captain Wingate Newman. Pennsylvania Gazette, October 23, 1776.
