[Mill Prison, Plymouth, March 1778]
13th. Friday fair Serene weathr. Yesterday Recd. 6d Each Man for the Rearage of the two Shillings Allow'd by the D. [Donation] Pr. weekâThis Day three American Officers were Comttd. they belonged to A Privateer Schooner Call'd the Black Snake Mounting 8 C. [Carriage] Guns Wm. LeCraw Mastr. out from Martinico; taken by the Tarter & Resolution Tenders (Jona Wheeler & Jno Buckley his Lieuts)1
D, MeHi, Jonathan Haskins Journal.
1. For the capture of the Black Snake, see NDAR 9: 801, and 10: 189.