August 1775 Tuesday 22d
Moor'd off Newcastle [Delaware River]
A M Boarded a Schooner from St Eustatia, having Coffee, Cocoa, a Bale of Gause, 3 [pipes] of Gin, 1 partly full, 39 stone Bottles of Gin, 2 three pounders mounted upon Carriages, 3 Musquets Compleat, 23 Incompleat, 2 Cags of Gunpowder, about 30 pounds each; 7 three pound Shot, 20 Swivel Shot, 3 Cartouch Boxes, one of them compleat with Ball, 3 Powder Horns; all which we took out of the Schooner except the Coffee and Cocoa; sent 2 petty Officers and 8 Men on board the Schooner to take Charge of her:2 fired 2 swivels and brought a Sloop too. Little Wind and Sultry Wr P M at 7 took a Sloop with 232 Bags of Coffee on board, sent a Mids and 4 Men on board her.3
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/629.
2. The Tryal schooner, James Warden, master, condemned and sold at Boston in Sept. 1775. See also Diary of Christopher Marshall, Aug. 24, 1775.
3. The Polly sloop, George Walker, master, from the French Islands, condemned and sold at Boston in September, 1775. Graves's Conduct, Prize List, MassHS Transcript.