In early 1775, British men-of-war ... The committee chartered the sloop Katy from John Brown of Providence and the sloop Washington. Soon afterward, the Katy was purchased by Rhode Island and ...

The Arundel-owned coasting sloop Polly sailed from Ephraim Perkins' wharf at what is today Dock Square on May 13, 1775. Her cargo was delivered to Plymouth, Mass. where she was loaded up again for ...