The Iris was originally the Continental frigate
Hancock before it was captured and renamed by the British in 1777. Log consists
of two sections in a slipcase, "Harbour transactions on board His Majesty's Ship Iris, James Hawker, esq.,
Commander. Edwd. Gould; Aug.[u]st 18th, 1779"; and: "A journal of a voyage from Plymouth to New York."