Journal of H.M.S. Emerald, Captain Benjamin Caldwell, February 23, 1778

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Feb^y. 1778
Monday 23^d

[In Tangier Sound.]
Ditto Weather, [Fresh breezes & Cloudy] made our Sloops Signal to Chace to the Northward, at 9 AM anchored, here a Sloop from New York; at Noon came alongside a Sloop loaded with flour,¹ Taken by our Tender.²
[In Tangier Sound.]
Moderate & Clear Weather, [PM] Anchored here our Tender with a Sloop loaded with Tobacco;³

D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/311.

1. The Journal entry for 24 Feb. reads: "at 6 AM Unmoored Ship and hove short on the Small Bower, took the flour out of the Vessel & let her go." UkLPR, Adm. 51/311.

2. H.M. tender Polly.

3. Sloop Friendship, with tobacco, sent to New York City. Howe's Prize List, 23 Apr. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 239-40. On 1 Mar. Emerald, Otter, Emerald's tender Polly and the prize sloop Friendship set sail down Chesapeake Bay. UkLPR, Adm. 51/311.

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1778 February 23

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Caldwell, Benjamin (Capt., R.N.)

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American Theatre from January 1, 1778 to March 31, 1778

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