1. Brig Patience, W. Moore, master, 160 tons burthen, built in Chester in 1772, and owned by the captain. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778. The captor was Continental Navy ship Ranger, Capt. John Paul Jones.

2. Drontheim, is Trondheim, Norway.

3. Ship Lovely Lass, Andrew Waid, master, built in the Thames River in 1753; lengthened and had major repairs done in 1773, 1774, and 1776. It carried 4 3-pounders and 4 6-pounders, was owned by Mr. Montgomery, and was on a voyage to the Grenadines, British West Indies, when captured by Connecticut privateer sloops American Revenue and Revenge. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778; Capt. Samuel Champlin Jr. to Nathaniel Shaw Jr., 1 Apr. 1778, NDAR 12: 14; Patrick Moore to Nathaniel Shaw Jr., 23 Apr. 1778, NDAR 12: 178–79; Josiah Waters to Nathaniel Shaw Jr., 30 Apr. 1778, NDAR 12: 226; The Boston-Gazette, and Country Journal, 4 May 1778, NDAR 12: 262; and, The Connecticut Gazette; and Universal Intelligencer, 8 May 1778, NDAR 12: 297–98.

4. Ship Sarah, John Newby, commanding, 150 tons, carrying 14 4-pounders and a crew of 15, owned by Henry and Robert Sparke, of Dartmouth. UkLPR, H.C.A. 26/62, p. 97.