1756

March 8, 1756  New York Mercury (New York, N. Y.)
Saturday last, a Schooner arrived here from Rh. Island with a Number of Ship Carpenters, who in a few Hours after, embarked on board a Sloop and sailed with a fair Wind for Albany.
The same Evening, a Quantity of Cordage, some Cannon, and other Necessaries, for equipping the Vessels designed to be built at Lake Ontario, were shipped on board a Sloop at the Long Pier..

To Be Sold, a likely young Negro Man, about 20 Years of Age, fit for either Town or Country: Enquire of the Printer hereof.

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May 27, 1756 Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Custom-House Philadelphia, Inward Entries.
 [Sloop] Experiment, Daniel Dole, from Boston
OUTWARDS
Sloop Experiment, Daniel Dole for Albany

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