Janry. 1778 Saturday 31
St. eustatia Bore NW & by N 3 or 4 Leagues at 7 A.M Came to Anchor in eustatia Road wth. the Best Bower in 11 fathm. water Veer'd away to Half a Cable found riding here the Rattlesnake Privateer Belonging to America1 [S]ent the pinnace on shore wth. an Officer to the Governor for [Inte]lligence at 11 Weigh'd & Came to sail under Single Reeft Topsails the Rattlesnake riding in the road2 St. eustacia N & By W Distce. 2 or 3 Leagues These 24 Hours Strong Gales with squalls of Rain
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/4141, part 8, fol. 191. The journal was kept by Lt. David Lockwood.
1. Pennsylvania privateer ship Rattlsnake, David McCulloch, commander, mounting 18 nine-pounders. See NDAR 10: 373, 462, 463, 732, 733n, 737, 738n, 748, 810.
2. For another account of this encounter, see The New York Gazette: and the Weekly Mercury, 30 Mar., below.
