Februr 1776 Saturday 17
Off Norfolk in Virginia Fesh Gales and cloudy PM empd. Watering arvd here our Tender from a Cruize 2 with a schooner taken from the Rebels, 3 ariv'd also in Hampton Roads His Majesty's Ship mercury with Two Transports under her Convoy
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/548.
2. Ibid., the tender Edward had sailed on her fifth cruise on February 11, 1776.
3. The schooner Joseph, John Hill, master, Jonas Smith, owner, from Salem for Baltimore, with a cargo of salt, taken off Cape Charles. Shuldham's Prize List, April 24, 1776, PRO, Admiralty 1/484.