July 1777 Sunday 20
St Marys [Azores] N2° 9 Lgs AM at 4 saw a Sail to the NW, gave Chase Tked Occasionally, at Noon the Chase SW, about 4 Miles — Mod: 8c Cloudy, [PM] fired 11 Shot at the Chase, at 2 she hrought too, an American Schooner, from North Carolina,2 bound to Cadiz, sent a Mate & 6 Seamen onboard her, brought the Schooners People onboard the Ship —
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/512.
2. Gorham. See Vice Admiral Robert Man to Stephens, August 22.
