June 1777 Thursday 5
Seal Islands N about 4 Leagues AM gave Chase — at 6 Fir'd a Shot & brought To the Chase, She prov'd to be the Two Bettseys a Brig taken in the Channel by an American Privateer took the Prisoners out of her. 2 Squally with some Rain Cape Sable N 8° 22' W Distant 10 Leagues.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51 / 4260.
2. From Gibraltar to London with nuts and wine, sent to Halifax, Howe's Prize List, October 24, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1 /488, 68. She had been taken by the Massachusetts Navy brig Freedom on April 23. See Volume 8, 793, 793n.
