July 1778 Wednesday 29th
Lizd No. 78..E 640—1 AM at 4 gave Chace to ye So.ward fird a Gun brout too ye Chace She provd ye Jane and Elizabeth Brigg from Jersey bound to Quebec had been taken by ye Pluto a American Privateer of 10 Guns—2 brout on board ye Supercargo and 4 Men. sent ye Supercargo & 3 of our Men on board to take charge of her to Snt. Johns.3 Her Ladg was Salt Pitch & Bale Goods—
Lizd No. 77=E..661— Leag P.M. Modte & foggy Wr. ye Adml firing a Gun Each Hour4 at 5 Sent a Lieutt ye Prize master on Board ye Adml down & Stowing Sails
D, UkLPR, Adm. 52/1759, part 2, fol. 20.
1. That is, Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, the southernmost point of Great Britain.
2. Massachusetts privateer brigantine Pluto, Joseph Robinson, commanding. Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, p. 239.
3. That is, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
4. H.M.S. Princess Royal, flagship of Vice Adm., Hon. John Byron. Grafton was part of Byron’s squadron.
