April 1778 Saturday 25th
At Sea
Modt. and fair Wr. At 9 AM. Saw a Sail in the NE Gave chace
"[At Sea]
Ditto Wr. At 4 PM fired 4 Shot brot. too a Sloop from Boston for Hispaniola—1 Exchang'd the Prisoners
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/880, part 3.
1. Sloop Betsey, Thomas Paine, master, with a cargo of “lumber, &c.” “A List of Vessels taken by the Squadron under the Command of Admiral Young at Barbados & the Leeward Islands 16th June 1778," UkLPR, Adm. 1/310.
