September 1777 [Friday] 19.
St Augustine Lighthouse S20W Distt 48 Leags at 5 AM saw a sail in the SW Quarter gave chace Brought too the chace provd to be the Choptank2 ship from Martinico for Charlestown with Rum salt & Coals Ben Gardner Master —
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/117.
2. A recapture, her cargo was condemned as a lawful prize in New York Vice Admiralty Court on October 29 and she was ordered sold on November 3, 1777, PRO, High Court of Admiralty 49/93, 75, 99.
