January [1777] Thursday 23
Working between Statia & Saba A M fired 9 Six Pds at a Sloop & brat her too from St Croix to St Eustatia with Rice detain'd her & sent an Officer & Men in her to St Kitts 2 Exercis'd great Guns & Fired Volleys of small Arms — P M came to [o] in Sandy Point [St. Kitts].
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/457.
2. Sloop Salt River Packet, J. Spencer, master, with rice and hides, Young's Prize List to March 10, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/309.
