Jany 1777 Sunday 12th
Nantucket Shoals N25E Dist 17 Leagues at 6 AM brot too Main TS to the Mast — at 8 wore Ship & set the Fore & Mizn TS — at noon out 3d reef of the TSls Fresh Breezes & Cloudy — at 2 PM in Chace of a Sloop — out 2d Reef of the TSls — at 3 brat too a Sloop from Martinico bound to Philadelphia — at ½ past hove too at ½ past 4 made sail —
Monday 13th
at 9 AM hove too Main TS to the Mast. empd. unloading the Prize Sloop at 11 set fire to her at noon hoisted the Boat in & made sail.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/867.