Sepr 1775 Wednesday 20
Cape Henry So 82 55m Wst A M at ½ past 7 spoke a Brig from Philadelphia bound to Jamaica with bread & flour2 Do wore Ship and brought too with the Main Top Sail to the Mast hoisted out the Cutter & sent her on board her sent a Mate & six hands on board hoisted the Cutter in & made Sail the Brig & Sloop in Co
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/600.
2. The brig Sea Nymph, Joseph Bradford, master, with flour, iron and leather. The cargo was sold in Boston, and the brig bought by the crown and armed in October 1775. Graves's Conduct, Prize List, II, 36-38, BM. See Admiral Graves's letter to Philip Stephens, November 22, 1775, regarding letters taken from the Sea Nymph.