March 1778 Tuesday 24th.
Moored in Hampton Road Virginia AM the Tender Schooner1 Came down with two Prizes2 Moored in Hampton Road Virginia Modt. & Clear wr. [PM] dispatched the Tender and Sent her away
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/828.
1. H.M. schooner Dasher.
2. Sloop Holt, master unknown, owned in Williamsburg, a crew of 4 seamen, fiom Whbq to Elk River, Md., with pork in barrels, cargo taken out; and schooner Hawke, master unknown, owned in Baltimore, a crew of 3 seamen, kom Baltimore to Williamsburg, with iron, cargo taken out. Howe's Prize List 23 Apr. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 240-41. According to the prize list, these prizes were made on 21 Mar. St. Albans's Journal notes schooner Hawke was broken up for firewood on 5 Apr. and sloop Holt for firewood on 6 Apr. UkLPR, Adrn. 51/828.