January 1777
Cape May WbS 4 Leags Fresh breezes and hazey. At 4 (PM) gave Chace to 2 Sail. TKd: at difft times. At 8 Came up with the Chace which proved a Snow from Jamaica taken by the Andrew Dorea American Privateer — took charge of her.2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/688.
2. The Thomas, Thomas Nicholson, late master, with a cargo of logwood, fustic and mahogany, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777. Lieutenant Joshua Barney was prize master, Manuscript Autobiography, DARL.
