Remarks on Monday December 22nd. 1777—
Lattd. Pr. Observt. 36 . . 10 Nt.
Middle Part a Fresh Breeze—at 4 AM saw another Sail and spoke with her a Brigt. from Newfoundland, bound to Barbadoes out 15 Days Laden with Fish &ca 1 at 10 AM sent Wm. Campbell on Board Prize Master and John Frye John Widger, & Richd Pendrick as Hands & Capt Sampson put a Mate and the remainder of the Hands then Order'd her for Martineco—Broached the 2nd. Hhd of Water & a Barr[el] of Pork
[At noon] Lattd. No Observt. to Day
[PM] These 24 Hours begins with a Moderate Breeze & Cloudy Weather
D, MSaE, Log of the Brigantine Tyrannicide (November 1777-May 1778).
1. Brigantine Polly, Walter Stevens, master, from St. Johns, Newfoundland, bound to Barbados, about 180 tons, with a cargo of 284 hogsheads of cod fish, 50 barrels of herring, 20 casks of oil and 4,250 feet of pine boards. M-Ar, Mass. Archives Collection, vol. 205 (2d Ser., Revolution Letters), 303–4.
