Septr 1777 Monday 1
Block Island NW 4 Lgs at 6 AM saw a Sl off Montock weighed and Gave Chace. Modt Breezes & fr [PM] at 2 Gay head [Martha's Vine yard] NNE 5 Lgs at 4 Run the Chace on shore who prov'd to be a Schooner,2 Loaded Wt Rum, Sugar & War like Stores, Anchd within Gun shott of her & kept a constant fire upon a Body of Arm'd Men lurking about the Beach while our Boats went & Burnt the Vessell had 1 Man kill'd & 1 Wounded ½ past 6 weighed & came to Sail
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/181.
2. Name unknown, from the West Indies to New London, Howe's Prize List, October 30, 1778, PRO, Admiralty 1/488, 489-90.
