Lat^d 32° . . 45' N. [off Charleston]
[at] 1 [AM] handed mizon topsail [at] 3 S^o. 17 fms wore Ship Set mizon topsail Fresh br. and hazy S^o. 14 fms [at] 7 Lat^d 32° . . 41 N [at] 1 [PM] Light airs and Clear Saw tow Sails to the windw^d. gave Chase [at] 3 TK^d. Ship [at] 4 D^o W^r. Saw two Sails more in NW Q^r. ½ past wore Ship Saw in all 9 Sail D^o. wore Ship Shortned Sail hove to hoisted out the Cutter & boarded a brige from Cha^s town bound to S^t Eustatia¹ Sent the 2 Leiut: and a party of men on b^d. hoisted in the Cutter and made Sail [at] 11 hove to hoisted out the Cutter & boarded a ship from Cha^s. town bound to france² Sent the first Lieut: and a party of men on b^d. hoisted in the Cutter and made Sail