Jany 1777 Monday 27
So Et End of the Frying Pan Shoal So84:47W 72 Lgs [from Cape Hatteras] at 6 AM handd Mizn & F Topsls Close Reft Mn Tops! one Sl in Co 2 Fresh Gales & hazy at 12 pm saw a SI to Leewd gave chace ½ pt fired one Gun shotted & a Volley of small Arms at the Chace & bt her too, sent An Offr & some men on bd of her, the Boat stove & filld alongside, Cut her away, fd the Chace to be a Brig bd from Cape St Nichole to Boston: 3
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/909.
2. The Solebay had sailed from New York January 21, as a convoy for two transports bound for St. Augustine and, eventually, Jamaica, PRO, Admiralty 51/909.
3. The brig William, Jesse Harding, master, with a cargo of molasses. The prize was carried into St. Augustine, Howe's Prize List, to October 24, 1777, London Gazette, December 2 to December 6, 1777.
