[Philadelphia] Octr 10th 1776
...Prize ship in the river from Jamaica with 310. Hoghead Sugar, 90. Casks or Puncheons of Spirits she is Called the Thetis Captain May, taken by Genl Mo[n]tg[o]mery Privater Capt Hambleton.2 also a privater Brigg from St Martins arrived yesterday.
1. Diary of Christopher Marshall, HSP.
2. The ship Thetis, 300 tons, Hezekiah May, master, from Jamaica for London, taken by the Pennsylvania privateer brig General Montgomery, Captain James Montgomery (not Hambleton). She was condemned November 1, 1776, and was purchased by the Continental Marine Committee to be outfitted as an armed xebec.
