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I Elisha Cole, master of the schooner Triton, bound from Kennebec to Cape Francois, testify and declare, that on the twentieth day of July last, I was taken by the Milford man of war, John Burr commander, who took from me my bed, bedding, sea cloaths, and every thing else, except what I had in my chest; when I got on board Capt. Burr he asked me, after taking my papers, where my money was, I...
Date: 25 September 1776
Volume: Volume 6
The prize taken by Captain [Jonathan] Greely and sent first into Marblehead is come round here,2 she has brought papers to the middle of August, which give particular accounts of the Spaniard's invading the kingdom of Portugal and taking possession of several towns. The inference is plain ー war is or must be declared.
The mate of a London ship brought up this evening by Capt. Atkins,...
Date: 7 October 1776
Volume: Volume 6