Bermuda Jany 13. 1777.
[Extract]
. . . The Nautilus & Galatea are here, & the Repulse expected they are to Cruize off this Isld it is said for 2 Months & then to go to the West Inds — they have taken 8 prizes since they left N York, 7 of which are sent in here besides one that they Suppose is lost in a Gale of Wind & a Provincial Privateer of 10 or 12 Guns which the Galatea Sunk 2 amongst their prizes are David Burch who was formerly taken from Carolina & Giles Musson both from Virginia & North from So Carolina to the West Indies said to be loaded chiefly with Indigo. — 3 It will be very dangerous to come near this Island. . . .
1. Tucker-Coleman Papers, Earl Gregg Swem Library, CWM.
2. Maryland schooner Buckskin, Joseph Handy. See journal of H.M.S. Galatea, December 25, 1776.
3. Schooner Peggy, Edward North. See journal of H.M.S. Galatea, December 19, 1776.
