January 1777 Thursdy 30
Remarks &ca. Preston Chesepeak Bay AM dismantled the Runfast Schooner & cut up her upper works for Firewood.
Friday 31
AM fired & brot too a Sloop she proved to be the Molly from Elke River to York in Ballast [P. M.] employed dismantling the Molly prize Sloop
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/720.