TUESDAY, 14th. [July.]
Chaced & took a French Ship (Le Cesar, Capt. De la Tournerie) having on board about 250 Hhds of Tobacco from York River in Virginia to St Malo. A valuable Prize; in wch I, as being borne upon the Books,1 had a Share, wch I instantly declared I shd. give up for the Benefit of the Seamen.
Serle Journal, 315.
1. Serle was a passenger in H.M. sloop Porcupine, Capt. William C. Finch, R.N., commanding, en route to Falmouth, England, from Philadelphia.
