March 1778 Tuesday 31st
Cape Francois SSW 5 or 6 Leagues & Mounte Christe SEbE 6 or 7 Leags: [at ½] past 5 AM Saw 4 Sail in ye. NE Quartr: Gave Chace. Saw two [in] ye. NW,1 [at] 7 Fir'd 10: 4 Poundr: & Brot: her too. she proved to be a Brig from Cape Francois. Bound to Boston, sent an Officer and Boat and Took Possession of ye. Brig Dartmouth;2 Gave Chace to a Sail in ye. SW Quartr: Saw two Sail in ye. NE Quartr: Prize in Company:— Mounte Christ SSE 5 or 6 Leagues.— P.M: Modt: Weathr: Saw 2 Sail in ye. NE & 1 in ye NW Gave Chace the Prize in Company, [at] 6 Fir'd 2: 4 Poundr: & Brot: ye. Chace too, she proved to be a Schooner from Turks Island Bound to Cape Francois. Mounte Christ SSW 2 or 3 Leags: Shorten'd Sail. Light Winds and Cloudy Weathr:
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/78, part 2.
1. H.M.S. Niger and tender, sloop Washington, chasing the schooners Angelina and Adventure, which were taken on 1 Apr., and H.M.S. Southampton's tender, chasing the sloop John & Mikey, which was taken on 1 Apr. See Journal of H.M.S. Niger, 31 Mar., above, and 1 Apr. UkLPR, Adm. 51/637; and Parker's Prize List, 21 June 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/241.
2. Brig Dartmouth, William Haydon, master, 90 tons burthen, crew of 9 men, owned by Joseph Russell & Co., New Bedford, Mass., from Cape François to Boston, with rum and coffee. Parker's Prize List, 21 June 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/241.
