July 1777 Thursday 10
Cape Henry SW ½ W 3 Leas At 5 AM weighed & gave chace to 6 Vessels to the SE as did the Brig [Raleigh] & Emerald. At 9 sent the pinnace who took a sloop from James River to the Wt Indies,2 the Longboat took a schooner from Do to Do3 & the Emerald's boats took 2 Sloops. Light Airs & cloudy. Cape Henry NW 6 or 7 Leas. At 5 P.M: joined the Emerald, At 7 anchd in 7 fm being very foggy
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/885.
2. Lee, Richard March, master, to Martinique with tobacco, flour, &c., sent to New York, Howe's Prize List, October 24, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/488, 68.
3. Fanny, Benjamin Cluverius, master, to Curaçao with flour, tobacco, &c., sent to New York, Howe's Prize List, October 24, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/488,68.
