Sir

I have the pleasure to inform you that the Enterprize Privateer of Baltimore under my command is arrived Safe in this inlet having taken during my Cruize the following prizes vizt

The Lancashire Ship a Guiniaman in Ballast now in Sinepuxent in Maryland ー 4 Guns 16 menー

The Betsey Brigt of Jamaica from Guadaloup for Hallifax having on board 120 hhds & Tierces of Molasses now in this inletー

The Black River Ship from Dominica for Bristol having on board 158 hhds Sugar 58 hhds. rum 60 hhds Molasses, Egg Harbour

The Snow James of Lancaster from Antigua having on board 100 hhds Sugar 171 Bales cotton 2 hhds rum 14 Tierces and 27 Barrels Sugar & 50 Tons Fustick 23 men not yet arrived.² The Brigt Betsey of Guernsey from St Croix having on board 240 hhds rum not yet arrived expected this day The Sloop Modesty of Dartmouth in England from Barbadoes for Newfoundland thirty hhds & 4 Tierces rum and Twenty Barrels Sugar arrived yesterday in Sinepuxent the Schooner Liberty of Nova Scotia from Montserat & Anguilla having on board 1000 bushs Salt 14 hhds rum & 10 casks Nails a Sloop from Tortolla with a small cargo of Salt & rum Dismis'd with 30 prisoners being quite Outnumbered by them when I saild I had 53 men & boys 29 of whom never was at sea I suffered much in my health and Sprung both my Masts, but expect to get better soon and be out again before the winter I shall send your honourable Congress a Survey of the Inlet when my health permits it being of Great importance and ought to be fortified for which four Guns would be sufficient in it is 15 feet water and among the Shoals without a Ship of any Size may find Shelter till lightened³ I am Sir [&c.]