Citation - New York Gazette & Weekly Post Boy: 1756.10.18

NYGWPB.756.037
18 Oct 1756:32 (718)
They are now fitting out in Boston-Town, one privateer
called the Boston.  She is a snow said to be 170 tons, and
to carry 18 carriage and 24 swivel guns, with 150 men.  They
say she is a fine vessel and prime sailer, and are at a loss
for one French horn player, two trumpeters, and one drummer,
and was to sail in ten days from October 11.