Being chased into the Harbor by four British Ships of War, we then sent our whole force and strained every nerve for the defense of the Town.

I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.

I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co’operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.

I was ordered by the Colony to go to the Island of Bermuda in order to seize on the Gunpowder in the British Magazines.