The Brig Favorite,1 Capt. John Lamb, Brig Angellica,2 Capt. ———,3 and the Ship Blaze-Castle,4 Capt. James Monroe, all Privateers, we hear are taken and sent into Halifax.
1. Massachusetts privateer brigantine Favourite, Capt. John Lamb, was commissioned on 27 May 1778. M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 139, fols., 172, 221.
2. Massachusetts privateer brig Angelica intended to set sail from Boston about 10 May on a six months cruise. See Notice of Intent to Sail of Massachusetts Privateer Brig Angelica, 2 May, NDAR 12: 247. The privateer evidently departed Boston soon after 23 May, the date the owners posted a bond not to enlist New Englanders other than those from Massachusetts. M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 139, fol. 181. It had been captured by HM frigate Andromeda.
3. Capt. William Dennis.
4. Rhode Island privateer ship Blaze Castle, Capt. James Monro, was taken by H.M. frigate Unicorn on 11 June and was sent into Halifax. See Journal of H.M. frigate Unicorn, 11 June, above.
