May 1778 Friday 15th
Cape Henry NW½W 8 Leagues
at 4 AM Light Airs & hazy at ½ past saw 4 Sail to the Eastward made sail & gave chace. at 10 got the Barge out man'd and Arm'd & sent her in Chace of a Sloop at Noon sent the Cutter in Chace
Do. [Cape Henry] N67°W 20 Leagues
Light-Airs Inclinable to Calm. at ½ past 3 PM the Boats Returnd. wth. the Chace a Sloop from Virginia for St. Eustatia,1 put on board her a Petty Officer & 4 Men,
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/420, fols. 205-6.
1. Sloop Betsey, Charles Joyne, master, owned by John Walker, of Norfolk, Va., from Norfolk to St. Eu statius with tobacco, sent to New York City. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct.1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 483 84. Its prize papers are in UKLPR, H.C.A. 32/281/5, which identify the master as Charles Joynes.