Journal of His Majesty's Sloop Falcon

John Linzee, Commanding1

July 1775
Tuesdy 25
Cape Codd SE 3 Leagues
At 1 A M Joind Compy with 11 Sail of Transports from Boston at noon parted Compy . . . [P M] fird 3 Six pounders Shotted and Brought too a Schooner at 9 P M Sent the Schooner to Boston2

1. PRO, Admiralty 51/336.
2. The schooner Industry, John Fisk, master, from St. Christophers for Salem, with rum and sugar. Fisk was allowed to sell his cargo in Boston, and "to depart with the vessel", Graves's Conduct, Prize List, MassHS Transcript.
Source: Naval Documents of the American Revolution, I, 971