384 Of Ca^t. Edward Low. 



oF New-Tor}? J thu it vvas thought neceffary to make 

 Ibme handfome Acknowledgement to Captain Peter 

 Solgard for it; • and therefore it was refolded, in ak 

 Affembly of the GoiTimon-Council, to compliment 

 him with the Freedom of their Corporation. The 

 Refolution, together with the Preamble of the Cap^ 

 tain's Freedom, being curious in their Kind, I fub- 

 join them for the Satisfa6tion of the Reader. 



Refolution of the Mayor and Common-Goun- 

 cil of the City of New-Tork^ at a Common- 

 Cpuncil held at the City Hall of the faid Ci- 

 ty, on Thurfday the 2 5 th of July ^ Anno. Dom. ' 



Vri^i^ent Robert Walter Mayor. 



City of ^e\v -York, f. 



THIS Court having taken into their Conftderation the 

 great Service lately done to this Province in /yr-* 

 ticulary as well as to all other his Majefiy^ s good SubjeUs in 

 general y by Captain Peter Solgard, Commander of hii 

 Majefiy'^s Ship the Greyhound, the Station Ship of the 

 Provincey who lately in a Cruiz.e upon this Coast , in due 

 Execution and Difcharge of his Duty, upon Inteuigerice 

 given him, fought for, purfued and engaged two Pyrate 

 Sloops J commanded by one Low, (a notorious and inhumane 

 Pyrate J one of which Sloops he took, after a tefolute Re- 

 fifiance, and very much puttered the other^ who by the 

 Favour of the Night efcaped. Twenty fix of which Pyrate s 

 fo taken, being lately executed at Rhode Ifland, not only 

 eafed this City and Province of a very great Trouble, but 

 ofaveryconfderable Expence, &c. It is therefore refold 

 ved fNemine Contradicente^ that this Corporation dd 

 prefent the faid Captain Solgard with the Freedom of thi^ 

 Corporation, as a Jldark of the great Efieem. they have for 

 his per fan, as well as for the afore faid great and good Ser-^ 



vices ; 



