Hezekiah Ford to the American Commissioners
ALS: American Philosophical Society
<Paimboeuf, June 30, 1778: Captain Turner learned on his voyage
that two Connecticut privateers, out of Boston, fell in with
two British letters of marque bound to the West Indies, and
after a sharp engagement captured both. The cruisers off this
coast have deterred me from sailing on Mr. Ross’s ship; unless
you have dispatches for me, which would justify any risk, I
shall stay with the frigate.>
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