February 1778 Sunday 15
The Seal Island N 34.42 Et. 29 [Lgs.] at 9 AM saw a Sail SSW, made Sail and gave Chace, at noon 17 fath. water; still in Chace. The Venus not in Sight. The Shoal on St. G[eorges] Bank WbS 3 Lgs. Fresh breezes and thick dirty Wr. at 1 PM fired a Shot at the Chace and brought [her] too, a French Ship, called La Felicite,1 from Beverly in Boston Bay, bound to St. Domingo, in Ballast. took out the Captain, Mates & some of her people & sent a Petty Officer & men on board her, made Sail and gave Chace to a Vessel bearing East, but not nearing her, at ½ past 5 Shortned Sail & left off Chace. Sounded 32 fath water, fine sand & Shells,
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/52, part 2, fol. 6.
1. Ship Felicité, Bertrand Olivier, master, owned by M. Barron, from Beverly to St. Domingue, in ballast, taken on 15 Feb., sent into Newport. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 486. Felicité was libelled on 11 Mar. in the Vice Admiralty Court of New York. The ship was reclaimed on 8 Apr. by Walter Franklin for Peter and John Berthon, but her cargo was condemned as a lawful prize of H.M.S. Apollo on 8 Apr. UkLPR, H.C.A. 49/94, fols. 54-57. Her prize papers are in UkLPR, H.C.A. 32/330/17.
