Feby 1778 Friday 13th
Do. [Anguilla] bore S ¾ W Distance 93 Leagues [at] ½ past 7 AMd. Saw 2 Sail in ye NW Qr. made sail as did theTenders at 10 Pass'd our Weather beam a Sloop standing to ye Eastward, fired six six pounders at ye Chace she brought too—she proved to be an American Sloop, swifted [shifted] ye Men.1 Do. [Anguilla] bore SSW 108 Leagues
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/711, part 4.
1. Sloop Swallow, Joseph Davidson, master, 57 tons burthen, crew of 7 men, from America, with horses and lumber, sent into Antigua. Young's Prize List, 14 Mar. 1778, below.
