Master's Log of H.M.S. Richmond, Captain John Lewis Gidoin, November 8, 1777

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Novem^r 1777
Saturd^y 8

p^t. Lookout NBW 7 or 8 M^s. Georges Is^d. NWBN 3 or 4 Leagues—

AM at 6 Weighd & Came to Sail in C^o. the Otter & prize ½ p^t. Fired a Shot & Brought too a Shooner Load^d. w^h. Bricks D^o. Scutled her,¹ Sent the Boats on B^d 2 Sloops & a Schooner. which were taken f^m Watts Isl^d. by M^r. Roach² Wore Ship ½ P^t. 10 Anch^d in 7 f^m. w^r as did the Above

P^t. Lookout N ½ W 3 Leag^s.

took 11 H^ds. of Tobacco out of one of the Above Sloops & Scuttled her. Mod. & Hazy Opend a Cask of Pork Con^s. 308 Sh^t. 2 Pieces at 5 PM Got down TG^t Yds

D, UkLPR, Adm. 52/687.

1. Schooner, name unkown, Joseph Taylor, master, of St. Marys, from Wicomico to St. Marys, with "Bricks to set up a Salt Boiling," taken off Smiths Point, scuttled, Howe's Prize List, 23 Apr. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, 239.

2. Sloop, name unkown, from Watts Island to Pitt's Landing, with tobacco, taken off Smiths Point, scuttled, and the second sloop, name unkown, from Watts Island to Baltimore, with brandy and wine, taken off Smiths Point, scuttled. Ibid. The schooner from Watts Island is not included in Howe's Prize List.

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1777 November 8

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Volume 10

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American Theatre from October 1, 1777, to December 31, 1777