April 1777 Thursday 17th
Do [St. Bartholomew] bore SWbW½W 19 Leagues at ½ past 5 AM Saw a Sail to the No ward made Sail in Chace. Fired a six and three 12 Pounders brt too the Chace which proved a Schooner from Egg Harbour near Philadelphia hoisted out the Pinnace brt her hands on board us, sent a Midshipman & 4 hands on board her, lost 3 Cutlasses over board, handing 'em into the boat past 9 in pinnace and made Sail, The Tenders & Prize in Co 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/711.
2. Schooner Dolphin, Andrew McKenzie, master, bound for St. Eustatius, with a cargo of flour and tar. See Young's Prize List, April 30, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/310.