May 1776 Thursday 30
Block Island N 17.32E 10 Leags at 7 saw a sail to the NE gave Chace fired a 3 pdr Brot too the Chace a Brigg from St. Croix with Arms & Ammunition bound to Rhode Island.2 So end of Block Isld North 7 Leags Modt and Clear at 1 P M took the Brigg in tow
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/181.
2. The brigantine Elizabeth with powder, arms and dry goods. Vice Admiralty Register, vol. 5, N.S. Arch., She was owned by John Brown, and bound for Providence, with Joseph Lippet as master, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487.