1. La Basque, Dominique Dascombe, master, was actually a French merchant ship that was en route to Spain from North Carolina. UkLPR, HCA, 32/277/7. In its edition of 15–17 July 1778, Lloyd’s Evening Post reported that based on the price of tobacco, the cargo of La Basque was worth £20,000.

2. H.M. frigate Pelican, Capt. Henry Lloyd, commander.

3. Brig Eagle, S. Holloway, master, 80 tons burthen, built in Rhode Island in 1768 and owned by H. Sparks. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778. It was captured by Massachusetts privateer brigantine Montgomery, Nathan Brown, commanding, on 4 May and re-captured by H.M. frigate Rainbow on 22 May. See Journal of H.M. frigate Rainbow, 21 May 1778, in NDAR 12: 409.