January 1778. Thursday 29th
Do [Charles Town] Lighthouse N 75 Wt. 13 Leagues At 2 AM lost sight of the Prize At 4 Veer'd Ship At 8 Saw a Sail Do made Sail and gave Chace at ½ past 9 fired 2 Guns & brt too a Schooner from Port St. tonie1 for Charles Town in Ballast2 Do punished Henry Connelly with 2 Dozen lashes for Drunkeness At 11 Veer'd & Lay too. Do made Sail—At Noon the Lizard Joined Company. Do Lighthouse S 86° Wt. 47 miles Mod Breezes & fair Wear—At 6 PM made the Signal & Veerd to the NW.—At [blank] Tkd to the SW—
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/168, part 8, fols. 360-61.
1. Possibly Port San Antonio, near Cabo San Antonio, Cuba.
2. Unidentified schooner, formerly a prize of South Carolina privateer Rutledge, Capt. John Porter, 25 tons hurthen, destroyed. Howe's Prize List, 23 Apr. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 239-40. This schooner may be the unidentfied schooner taken by Rutledge's tender, sloop Pallas, in Jan. See Deposition of Peter Norris, 18 Feb., and Petition and Claim of Captain John Porter, 20 Feb., below.
