Septr 1777 Friday 12
Charles Town N3°W 15 Leagues at 1 AM Saw a Sail Gave Chace Fired Several Shot at the Chace & Brot too the Sloop Friendship from Charles town bound to Curisoe Laden with Rice Tobacco Indian Corn & Indigo Wm Ross Master2 In Co Brune & Prize.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4197.
2. Sent to New York, capture credited to H.M.S. Brune, Howe's Prize List, October 24, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/488, 65. She was condemned as a lawful prize in New York Vice Admiralty Court on November 7, 1777, PRO, High Court of Admiralty 49/93, 106.