January 1778. Saturday 10
South part of Nantuc[ket] Shoal N 37 E 11 Lgs. at 7 AM saw a Sail in the NE. made Sail and gave Chace, soon after saw another Sail to the Eastwd. made the Venus Signal to Chace her, at 10 fired a Shot at the Chace, who brought too; A Brig1 from Newberry Port in Ballast, bound to Maryland, took out her people, and put a petty Officer and 6 men on board her, repeated the Venus Signal to Chace to the Et: at noon made Sail, and gave chace to the Sail in the East. Venus & Prize in Company. South part of Saint George's Bank N 74 E dist. 15 Leags. Fresh Gales and hazey. 4 PM finding we did not near the Chace, She being near the Shoals and Night coming on, left of[f] chace and wore to the Eastd.
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/52, part 2, fol. 2
1. Brig Friends, Hugh Hill, master, owned by Stephen Hooper, from Newburyport to Maryland, in ballast, taken on 10 Jan. near St. Georges Bank, later burned. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 486. On 13 Jan. Apollo's Journal records: "[6] AM find the Prize a great incumbrance; sent our Boats on board her, and took out her Sails, Provisions &ca. and set her on fire." UkLPR, Adm. 51/52, part 2, fol. 2.
