at Portsmouth AM up top Gallt yards Ansd the signal and attended guard boarded severl Vessels coming in one of them by our own people from the Neptune Tender the Brig Grace from Carolina Bd to Amsterdam2 Recd by the Duke hoy Jno Cummins Master Beer 2768 Galls in 26 Butts 260 Iron Hoops —
1. PRO, Admiralty 52/1756.
2. London Chronicle, July 29 to July 31, 1777, reported in an "Extract of a Letter from Cowes, July 28.":
Arrived the William and Grace, a prize taken by the Neptune tender to the Prince George man of war, off the Lizard; she is laden with rice from Charles Town, South Carolina, for Amsterdam, [William] Kissick, master, who says that 10 or 12 more ships were lying in Rebellion Road, ready to set sail the first opportunity, bound for France and Holland.
