Septr 1777 Friday 19
Sandy Hook N8.43E 152 LS at 6 AM Saw a Sail to the Nowd Gave Chace at 7 TKd — Modte Breezes and Fair Wr ½ pt 1 PM Fired three Shot & Brot too the Brigg General Gadsden George Lacey Master from Charlestown bound to Amsterdam Laden with Rice Tobacco & Indigo2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51 /4197.
2. She was condemned as a lawful prize in New York Vice Admiralty Court on November 6,1777, PRO, High Court of Admiralty 49/93, 101.
