Augt 1776 Saturdy 17
Mount Desert NWBN 8 or 9 Leags at 4 AM Made sail at 5 out 2d reefs at 11, 2 sail in Sight Mode & Cloudy at 2 PM saw 2 sail gave chase at 7 in 1st reefs 8 hoisted the boats out & gave Chace to the Strange Sails at 8 brought too Mntopsl to the Mast
Sunday 18
at 4 AM Made sail saw the 2 Sloops Seizd them2 at 7 Departed this life Alexr Miller Carpentr at 10 Saw a Sail in Shore Light Airs & Cloudy at 2 P M Joseph Durant was Appointed Acting Carpenter pr Order at 4 took 2 Sloops in Tow
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/1039.
2. The prizes were the sloop Unity, J. Lord, master, ー Jones, owner, and the sloop Nancy, R. Adams, "belonging to the Congress," both from Machias for Newburyport with lumber, shingles, etc., Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.