March 1778. Wednesday 18
Moored in Halifax Harbor First pt. fresh Breezs. wth. Rain latter pt. fresh Gales & clear wth. hard frost Empld. [prep]aring the Ship for Sea Came in 2 Schooners Prizes to the Arbuthnot Tender.1
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/762.
1. Schooner Bellona, Moses Fetcombe, master, from Guadeloupe to Newburyport, with rum, coffee and molasses, taken near Cape Sable on 12 Mar., sent into Halifax. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 484. According to Vice Admiralty Court records, she was captured on 7 Mar. between Cape Sable and St. George's Bank by the Rainbow's tender, the schooner Arbuthnot, Lt. Edward Dalton, commander. Bellona was libelled on 18 Mar. in the Vice Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia and condemned as a lawful prize on 7 Apr. 1778. CaNSHP, vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Court Register, vol. 6 (1777-1782), 117.
The second prize was the schooner Polly, John Dyer, master, from Falmouth, Me., to the West Indies, with lumber, taken on 17 Mar. near St. George's Bank, sent into Halifax. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fol. 484. According to Vice Admiralty Court records, she was captured on 13 Mar. off Falmouth in Casco Bay. Polly was libelled on 26 Mar. in the Vice Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia and condemned as a lawful prize on 21 Apr. 1778. CaNSHP, vol. 496, Vice Admiralty Court Register, vol. 6 (1777-1782), 118.
