Febry 1776 Wednesday 14th
Gurnett Head WbN. 3 Leagues Light Breezes & hazey with Snow at 2 P M saw 5 Sail to the Soward ー out all reefs and gave Chace, at 4 shortned Sail & brought too ー spoke H. M. Brig Hope with another Brig (Prize) in Company; at 5 spoke the Tryal Schooner & 2 Prizes ー sent 6 Men on board the Tryal and took 8 do from one of the Prizes ー at 6 made Sail to the So wd the Hope Tryal & Prizes to the No ward 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/637.
2. The Tryal's prizes were the Peggy, John Lothrop, master, and the Grampus, John Brackett, master, both from Baltimore for Barnstable with flour. The Hope's prize is not identified, Shuldham's Prize List, April 24, 1776, PRO, Admiralty 1/484.