January 1777 Saturday 25th
Charles Town Lighthouse WNW Distance 4 Leagues. At 7 (AM) gave Chace to 2 Sail in Shore. At 8 Charles Town Lighthouse WNW 10 Miles. Tack'd repeatedly as did the Chace; fir'd many Nine Poundrs and Swivels Shotted at the Schooner and Sloop; after which the latter bore down and prov'd from St Thomas's for So Carolina — took charge of her —2 gave Chace to the Schooner which carried away her flying Jibb Boom; fir'd a Shot and brother too, which proved a French Vessel — took charge of her.3
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/688.
2. Sloop Adventure, Thomas Nevell, master, with wine and dry goods, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
3. Ibid., the schooner Union, Jean Collineux, master, from Martinique, with bale goods. And see South-Carolina and American General Gazette, January 30.