October 1775 Wednesday 11
Thatchers Island NbE½ E. 3 Leagues at 8 AM Halfway Rock N N W 2 M: at 5 Saw a Sail to the E.ward Made Sail & Gave Chace at 7 Brot too a Schooner from Barbadoes Laden w Cocao bound to Salem Put a Petty officer & 3 Men on board her2 at 10 Made Sail & Took her in Tow P M Tkd Ship working up Boston Bay
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/629.
2. The schooner Charming Polly, John Guliker, master, from Cayenne, not Barbados, with cocoa, soap and Geneva wine. She was condemned and sold in Boston. Graves's Conduct, Prize List, II, 36-38, BM.
