July 1777 Thursday 31st
Connonicut Light House No 70:25 Wt Distance 100 Leagues AM at 5 saw a Sail in the SW Standing to the So wd, Out Reefs sett Studing sails & gave Chace, at 10 Fired 2 Six Pounders at the Chace and brot her too, Shorten'd Sail, Hoisted out the Cutter and sent an Officer onboard — First part Modt and fair, Middle fresh winds & hazy Wr, latter fair — PM ½ past Noon the Cutter retd, the Chace proved the Hero from Nantuckett bound to Old France,2 got the Prisoners onbd, and sent 2 Petty Officers and 10 Men to take Charge of her, at 4 in Boat and made Sail —
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/360.
2. Alexander Coffin, master, in ballast, Howe's Prize List, October 24, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/488, 67.