Septemr 1777 Tuesday 2.
Sequin Isld WbN dist. 4 Lgues at 4 AM hove short — at 5 weighd & came to sail as did the Hope with 6 Sloops & 3 Schooners Prizes in Compy — at 10 stripp'd & scuttled a Sloop & Schooner that we had taken — at 11 saw a Sail to the Etward — made the Hope's Signal to Chase — at 12 saw the Hope bring too the Chase. Moderate & clear Wr — at 1 PM the Hope join'd us wth the Prize; She prov'd the Brig Joseph 2 fm Gaudelupe bod & belonging to Boston — at 4 saw a strange Sail to the Etward, made the Hope's Signal to chase — got onbd the Prisoners fm the Brig — at 9 lost sight of the Hope & Chase —
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/762.
2. With rum and molasses, sent to Halifax, Howe's Prize List, October 30, 1778, PRO, Admiralty 1/488, 488-89. She was condemned as a legal prize on October 6, 1777, N.S. Arch., vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 6, (1777-1782), 63.