1778 Tuesday May 5.
Do [Turks Islands] So 53 Wt: 33 Lgs
at 6 AM saw a Strange Sail in the NWest Hoisted out the Pinnace Man'd and Armed her and gave Chase at 8 she took the Chase and prov'd to be a Prize a Small Schooner from St Eustatia to Carolina1 Put hands on board & took her in Tow
[Fleh?] Wreck So 18 Lgs East end of Hispaniola So. 10° Wd. 58 Lgs.
Modt Gales & fair Wr PM Punish'd Heny Powell Seaman for behaving with Insolence to his Officers
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/457, part 5.
1. Schooner Richie, Adams, master, ten tons burthen, with a cargo of dry goods. "A List of Vessels taken by His Majestys Squadron under the Command of Sir Peter Parker at Jamaica between the 3d March and the 21st June 1778," UkLPR, Adm. 1/240.
